''The Gorgon'' (Italian: ''La Gorgona'') is a 1942 Italian
historical
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drama film directed by
Guido Brignone and starring
Mariella Lotti,
Rossano Brazzi and
Camillo Pilotto.
[Goble p.783] It was adapted from the play by
Sem Benelli and is set in the
Republic of Pisa during the eleventh century.
It was shot at the
Scalera Studios in
Rome.
Cast
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Mariella Lotti as Spina di Pietro, la Gorgona
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Rossano Brazzi as Lamberto Finquinaldo
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Camillo Pilotto as Marcello Finquinaldo, padre di Lamberto
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Piero Carnabuci as Arrigo del Coscetto
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Annibale Betrone as Il conte Ranieri
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Tina Lattanzi as La contessa Matilde di Toscana
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Lauro Gazzolo as Il fedele servo di Spina
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Enza Delbi
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as Bianca
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Gorella Gori
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as Berta
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Emilio Cigoli as Miniato - lo scudiero
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Giulia Martinelli as Celeste
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Amelia Beretta
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Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Amélia'' (film), a 2000 Brazilian film directed by Ana Carolina
* ''Amelia'' (film), a 2009 film based on the life of Amelia Earhart
Literature
* ''Amelia (magazine)'', a Swedish w ...
as Berta
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Achille Majeroni
Achille Majeroni (24 August 1881 – 12 October 1964) was an Italian film actor.
Born in Syracuse, Sicily, son of Achille Majeroni and his second wife Graziosa Bignetti, he made his stage debut at age twelve with the Marazzi-Diligenti c ...
as Il console Marignano
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Cesare Fantoni as Pietro Moricone - vescovo
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Giorgio Capecchi as Capitano Borso
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Giovanni Onorato
Giovanni Onorato (February 7, 1910 - February 23, 1960) was an Italian film actor.Chiti & Poppi p.85 He was the father of the actor Glauco Onorato and the cinematographer Marco Onorato.
Selected filmography
* '' La stella del cinema'' (1931)
* ...
as Nicastro
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Tatiana Farnese as Figlia del conte Ranieri
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Loli Bonfanti
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* A young or young-looking girl character in Japanese anime and manga; subjects of the ''lolicon'' genre
Loli may also refer to:
People Surname
* Peter Loli (born 1980), Australian rugby union player
* Silvia Loli, P ...
as Seconda figlia
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Amedeo Trilli as Il guardiano marito di Angela
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Raimondo Van Riel
Raimondo Van Riel (22 January 1881, in Rome – 9 May 1962, in Mentana) was an Italian actor.
Raimondo Van Riel was born on January 22, 1881, in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is known for his work on Quo Vadis? (1924), The Magnificent Rogue (1935) and ...
as Pietro Capronesi
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1942 films
1940s historical drama films
Italian historical drama films
Italian black-and-white films
1940s Italian-language films
Films directed by Guido Brignone
Films set in the 11th century
Films shot at Scalera Studios
1942 drama films
Films scored by Enzo Masetti
1940s Italian films
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