''The Canal of the Angels'' (Italian: ''Il canale degli angeli'') is a 1934 Italian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Francesco Pasinetti Francesco Pasinetti (1911–1949) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known largely for his documentaries. He also directed the 1934 realist feature film '' The Canal of the Angels'' set in Venice. His brother was the writer Pier Mar ...

and starring

Maurizio D'Ancora Rodolfo Gucci (16 July 1912 – 15 May 1983), also known by his stage name Maurizio D'Ancora, was an Italian actor and entrepreneur, who appeared in more than 40 films between 1929 and 1946. He was a member of the Gucci family. His only child, M ...

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and Ugo Gracci. The film is shot in semi-documentary style. In a poor neighborhood of

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, a young boy becomes aware of his mother's adultery.Brunetta p.100 Along with a number of other films of the 1930s, it has elements which are a precursor to the emergence of

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in the mid-1940s.

Cast

as Il 'Capitano' *

as Anna * Ugo Gracci as Daniele * Nina Simonetti as Gina * Aldo Rinaldi as Aldo *

Pino Locchi Giuseppe "Pino" Locchi (10 November 1925 – 21 November 1994) was an Italian actor and voice actor. After starting his screen career as a child actor in the 1930s, Locchi later became a very prominent voice actor dubbing foreign films for relea ...

as The Child *

Mara Dussia Mara or MARA may refer to: Animals *Mara (mammal), a species of the cavy family * Mara the Lioness, in the movie ''Born Free'' Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Mara (''Doctor Who''), an evil being in two ''Doctor Who'' serials *Mara, ...

Otello Toso Otello Toso (22 February 1914 – 15 March 1966) was an Italian film and stage actor. Born in Padua, Toso graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 1939 and immediately later he started his film career. He was particularly pro ...

References

Bibliography

* Brunetta, Gian Piero. ''The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century''. Princeton University Press, 2009.

External links

* 1934 films Italian drama films 1934 drama films 1930s Italian-language films Films set in Venice Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-film-stub