''Sentinels of Bronze'' (Italian: ''Sentinelle di bronzo'') is a 1937 Italian

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war fi ...

directed by

Romolo Marcellini Romolo Marcellini (6 October 1910 – 3 June 1999) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1937 and 1969. Selected filmography * ''Stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for ...

and starring

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 ...

Giovanni Grasso Giovanni Grasso (11 November 1888 – 30 April 1963) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1955. He was born and died in Catania, Sicily, Italy. Born into a family of marionettists, he was ...

and

Doris Duranti Doris Duranti (25 April 1917 – 10 March 1995) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 43 films between 1935 and 1975. She had a years-long affair with Alessandro Pavolini, a Fascist politician who in 1945 was executed by Italian parti ...

History

In the 1930s and 1940s, early Somali actors and film technicians co-operated with Italian crews to domestically produce Fascist films. Among the latter productions were ''Dub'aad'' and ''Sentinels of Bronze''. The movie "Sentinels of Bronze" (''Sentinelle di bronzo'') was awarded in the Festival di Venezia of 1937 as the "Best Italian colonial Film", winning an Italian Cup. The film is a propaganda work set in the days leading up to the outbreak of the

Second Italo-Ethiopian War The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937. In Ethiopia it is often referred to simply as the Itali ...

Topic

In an incident modeled on the Wal Wal incident, an Italian outpost is besieged by large numbers of Abyssinian troops, but the garrison refuse to surrender. It was part of a series of films set in Italy's African Empire during the Fascist era.Palummbo; p.284

Cast

as Capitano Negri *

as Sergente Amato *

as Dahabò * Hassan Mohamed as Elmi * Mohamed Aghi Alì as Islam *

Ali Ibrahim Ali Ibrahim ( ar, على إبراهيم, 19 December 1971 – 28 March 2010) was an Egyptian rower who competed at four Olympic Games. He also won multiple World Rowing Cup medals, including three silver medals and two bronze medals. Life an ...

as Giama * Elmi Ahmed as Ras Sciferrà *

Abdullah Ali Abdullah Ali Mohammad Hassan Al-Bloushi (Arabic: عبد الله علي; born 21 February 1985) is an Emirati footballer who plays as a midfielder . Ali has played professionally for Al-Nasr Dubai SC, Al-Ahli Dubai F.C. and Emirates Club ...

as Hawariat

References

Bibliography

* Palumbo, Patrizia. ''A Place in the Sun: Africa in Italian Colonial Culture from Post-unification to the Present''. University of California Press, 2003.

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* {{Somalia italiana (Colonia) 1937 films Italian war films Italian black-and-white films 1937 war films 1930s Italian-language films Fascist propaganda Films directed by Romolo Marcellini Films set in 1935 Films set in Ethiopia Italian propaganda films