''Latest Night News'' (Italian: ''Ultimissime della notte'') is a 1924 Italian silent

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by

Emilio Ghione Emilio Luigi Carlo Giuseppe Maria Ghione (30 July 1879 – 7 January 1930), known as Emilio Ghione, was an Italian silent film actor, director and screenwriter. Ghione was best known for writing, directing, and starring in the Za La Mort series ...

and starring Ghione and

Kally Sambucini Kally Sambucini (1892–1969) was an Italian film actress, known for playing the female sidekick Za La Vie in the Za La Mort series of action films alongside Emilio Ghione.Moliterno p.341 Selected filmography * '' The Rose of Granada'' (1916) * ...

. It is part of the long-running series featuring the

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Za La Mort Za La Mort (also written as Za-La-Mort) is a fictional character who featured in a number of Italian films. Along with characters such as Maciste and Saetta, he was a pulp hero of the silent era. Ze La Mort was noted as a gentleman thief with an ...

, who in this film takes on the role of an

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.Moliterno p.341

Cast

as Za La Mort *

as Za La Vie *

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* Camillo De Paoli *

Alberto Pasquali Alberto Pasquali (1882–1929) was an Italian stage and film actor of the silent era.Paietta p.58 Selected filmography * ''Christus'' (1916) * '' Redemption'' (1919) * '' Pleasure Train'' (1924) * ''Latest Night News'' (1924) * '' The Passion of ...

Vittorio Rossi Pianelli Vittorio Rossi Pianelli (9 July 1875 – 25 September 1953) was an Italian stage and film actor and director. He was a prominent figure in early Italian film, appearing in over fifty silent films before 1930. His final appearance was in ''The Cou ...

References

Bibliography

* Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1924 films Italian action films Italian silent feature films 1920s Italian-language films Films directed by Emilio Ghione 1920s action films Italian black-and-white films 1920s Italian films Silent action films {{Italy-silent-film-stub