''La Cittadella'' is a 1964 Italian miniseries based on
A. J. Cronin
Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981), known as A. J. Cronin, was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is ''The Citadel'' (1937), about a Scottish doctor who serves in a Welsh mining village before achievi ...
's 1937 novel, ''
The Citadel
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, commonly known simply as The Citadel, is a Public college, public United States senior military college, senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina. Established in 1842, it is one ...
'', and produced by
Radiotelevisione Italiana
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terr ...
. It was directed by
Anton Giulio Majano
Anton Giulio Majano (5 July 1909 – 12 August 1994) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. His career spanned from 1937 to 1986.
Selected filmography Director and screenwriter
* '' The Eternal Chain'' (1952)
* '' Good Folk's Sund ...
and stars
Alberto Lupo
Alberto Lupo (byname of Alberto Zoboli; 19 December 1924 – 13 August 1984) was an Italian film and television actor best known for his roles in swash-buckling and actions films of the 1960s.
Lupo starred in films such as ''A 008, operazione ...
as Dr. Manson and
Anna Maria Guarnieri
Anna Maria Guarnieri (born 20 August 1933, in Milan) is an Italian actress, notable for her work in theatre and film and as a voice actor
Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an ...
as his wife, Christine. Other television versions include an
American (1960), another
Italian (2003), and two British adaptations,
1960
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Events
January
* Ja ...
and
1983
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Events January
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.
Cast
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Alberto Lupo
Alberto Lupo (byname of Alberto Zoboli; 19 December 1924 – 13 August 1984) was an Italian film and television actor best known for his roles in swash-buckling and actions films of the 1960s.
Lupo starred in films such as ''A 008, operazione ...
as Andrew Manson
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Anna Maria Guarnieri
Anna Maria Guarnieri (born 20 August 1933, in Milan) is an Italian actress, notable for her work in theatre and film and as a voice actor
Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an ...
as Cristina Barlow
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Carlo Hintermann
Carlo Hintermann (2 April 1923 – 7 January 1988) was an Italian film, television and stage actor and voice actor. He was sometimes credited as Carlo Hinterman.
Life and career
Born in Milan into a family of ancient Teutonic origin, Hinterma ...
as Denny
*
Laura Efrikian
Laura Efrikian ( hy, Լաուրա Էֆրիկյան; born 14 June 1940), is an Italian actress and television personality. She is of Armenian descent.
Life and career
Born in Treviso as Laura Ephrikian, the daughter of the conductor and musicol ...
as Mary Boland
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Eleonora Rossi Drago
Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmira Omiccioli, (23 September 1925 – 2 December 2007) was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy, and had the leading role in ''Le amiche''. She appeared in ''Un maledetto imbro ...
as Francis Lawrence
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Loretta Goggi
Loretta Goggi ( born 29 September 1950) is an Italian singer, actress, comedian and TV host.
Goggi is also an acclaimed singer and her records have sometimes entered the Italian pop charts. She was the first runner-up at the 1981 ''Festival del ...
as Florrie
*
Nando Gazzolo
Ferdinando "Nando" Gazzolo (16 October 1928 – 16 November 2015) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Savona, the son of the actor and voice actor Lauro Gazzolo and EIAR radio announcer Aida Ottaviani Piccolo, Gazzolo debuted ...
as Freddie Hamson
*
Lida Ferro
Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region.
Etymology
The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuani ...
as Blodwen Page
*
Aldo Silvani
Aldo Silvani (21 January 1891 – 12 November 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1934 and 1964. He was born in Turin, Italy and died in Milan, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''Cardinal Lambertini'' ...
as Prof. Abbey
*
Fosco Giachetti
Fosco Giachetti (28 March 1900, in Sesto Fiorentino – 22 December 1974, in Rome) was an Italian actor.
Fosco Giachetti was the protagonist of '' Lo squadrone bianco'' (1936), directed by Augusto Genina. He became the leading man in Fasci ...
as Prof. Gadsby
*
Ferruccio De Ceresa
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Persons are listed alphabetical ...
as Stillman
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Mercedes Brignone
Mercedes Brignone (18 May 1885 – 24 June 1967) was a Spanish-born Italian stage, film and television actress. She was the daughter of the actor Giuseppe Brignone. She often played divas, and appeared in numerous silent films for Milano Films d ...
as Lady Gladys
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Antonella Della Porta
''Antonella Della Porta'' (August 18, 1927 Reggio Calabria, Italy – July 16, 2002 Rome, Italy) was an Italian actress.
She was an Italian actress active in cinema and television in the early sixties and the second half of the seventies.
Filmo ...
as Margie
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Gabriele Antonini
Gabriele Antonini (born 16 April 1938, died October 2018) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, the son of an army general, Antonini was chosen by Mario Monicelli for the role of Sandro in '' Fathers and ...
as Grenfell
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Gianni Solaro
Gianni Solaro (born Gianni Lorenzon, 11 August 1926 – 12 August 2006) was an Italian film and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Solaro was a character actor in the Italian film industry for about twenty years, between the late 19 ...
as Sutton
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Mario Ferrari
Mario Ferrari (September 3, 1894 – June 28, 1974) was an Italian film actor. After making his debut in 1920, Ferrari became a mainstay of Italian cinema during the Fascist era appearing in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. He pla ...
as Avv. Boon
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Luigi Pavese
Luigi Pavese (25 October 1897 – 13 December 1969) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Asti, Pavese started his career in 1916 working as a silent film actor at 19 years of age. He then began his theatrical debut in 192 ...
as Con Boland
*
Nino Pavese
Nino Pavese (10 April 1904 – 21 December 1979) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Asti and the younger brother of actor and voice actor Luigi Pavese, he began his career on stage with a theatrical troupe in the early ...
as Prof. Mc Donald
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Guido Celano
Guido Celano (19 April 1904 – 7 March 1988) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1988. He also directed two Spaghetti Westerns: '' Cold Killer'' and '' Gun Shy Piluk''. He was born ...
as Russell
External links
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Article about Cronin and the NHS
Italian drama television series
1964 Italian television series debuts
Television shows based on British novels
Period television series
Television shows based on works by A. J. Cronin
1960s Italian television series
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