''The Gorgon'' (Italian: ''La Gorgona'') is a 1942 Italian
historical 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 ...
directed by
Guido Brignone
Guido Brignone (6 December 1886 – 6 March 1959) was an Italian film director and actor. He was the father of actress Lilla Brignone and younger brother of actress Mercedes Brignone.
Brignone was born in Milan, Italy. He was the first Italian ...
and starring
Mariella Lotti
Maria Camilla Pianotti (17 November 1919 – 18 December 2004), known by the stage name Mariella Lotti, was an Italian film actress. Lotti made her film debut in 1939, and played leading ladies in a number of Fascist era and post-war films. She ...
,
Rossano Brazzi
Rossano Brazzi (18 September 1916 – 24 December 1994) was an Italian actor.
Biography
Brazzi was born in Bologna, Italy, the son of Maria Ghedini and Adelmo Brazzi, an employee of the Rizzoli shoe factory. He was named after Rossano Ve ...
and
Camillo Pilotto
Camillo Pilotto (6 February 1888 Birth name: Camillo Raul Vittorio Pilotto. – 27 May 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 101 films between 1916 and 1963. He was born and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''The Song ...
.
[Goble p.783] It was adapted from the play by
Sem Benelli
Sem Benelli (August 10, 1877 – December 18, 1949) was an Italian playwright, essayist and librettist. He provided the texts for several noted Italian operas, including Italo Montemezzi's ''L'amore dei tre re'' and ''L'incantesimo'', and Umber ...
and is set in the
Republic of Pisa
The Republic of Pisa ( it, Repubblica di Pisa) was an independent state centered on the Tuscan city of Pisa, which existed from the 11th to the 15th century. It rose to become an economic powerhouse, a commercial center whose merchants dominated ...
during the eleventh century.
It was shot at the
Scalera Studios in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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Cast
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Mariella Lotti
Maria Camilla Pianotti (17 November 1919 – 18 December 2004), known by the stage name Mariella Lotti, was an Italian film actress. Lotti made her film debut in 1939, and played leading ladies in a number of Fascist era and post-war films. She ...
as Spina di Pietro, la Gorgona
*
Rossano Brazzi
Rossano Brazzi (18 September 1916 – 24 December 1994) was an Italian actor.
Biography
Brazzi was born in Bologna, Italy, the son of Maria Ghedini and Adelmo Brazzi, an employee of the Rizzoli shoe factory. He was named after Rossano Ve ...
as Lamberto Finquinaldo
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Camillo Pilotto
Camillo Pilotto (6 February 1888 Birth name: Camillo Raul Vittorio Pilotto. – 27 May 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 101 films between 1916 and 1963. He was born and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''The Song ...
as Marcello Finquinaldo, padre di Lamberto
*
Piero Carnabuci
Piero Carnabuci (6 September 1893 – 13 February 1958) was an Italian stage and film actor.
Life and career
Born in Santa Teresa di Riva, Messina, after the World War I Carnabuci decided to abandon his engineering studies at the University of ...
as Arrigo del Coscetto
*
Annibale Betrone
Annibale Betrone (1883–1950) was an Italian stage and film actor.Goble p.34
Selected filmography
* '' Black Shirt'' (1933)
* '' Villafranca'' (1934)
* '' Teresa Venerdì'' (1941)
* ''Piccolo mondo antico'' (1941)
* ''Fedora'' (1942)
* ''Torrent ...
as Il conte Ranieri
*
Tina Lattanzi
Tina Lattanzi (born Annunziata Concetta Costantini; 5 December 1897 – 25 October 1997) was an Italian actress and voice actress.
Biography
A native of Licenza and the daughter of Ercole Costantini and Geltrude Montori, Lattanzi began her acting ...
as La contessa Matilde di Toscana
*
Lauro Gazzolo
Lauro Gazzolo (born Ilario Gazzolo; 15 October 1900 – 2 October 1970) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Nervi in Genoa, Gazzolo began his career on screen in 1938 starring in the comedy film ''The Document'' and bec ...
as Il fedele servo di Spina
*
Enza Delbi as Bianca
*
Gorella Gori
Gorella Gori (2 February 1900 – 25 November 1963) was an Italian entertainer (including cafe-chantant), stage actor and film actress. She appeared in twenty five films, generally in supporting or minor roles. One of her later roles was a sma ...
as Berta
*
Emilio Cigoli
Emilio Cardi Cigoli (18 November 1909 – 7 November 1980) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Cigoli was born in Livorno to actress Giovanna Cigoli. His grandfather worked as a silent film actor. He began his career on stage a ...
as Miniato - lo scudiero
*
Giulia Martinelli as Celeste
*
Amelia Beretta as Berta
*
Achille Majeroni as Il console Marignano
*
Cesare Fantoni
Cesare Fantoni (1 January 1905 – 15 January 1963) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Bologna, Fantoni began his acting career in Luchino Visconti’s stage proses until making his first on-screen appearance in 1937. ...
as Pietro Moricone - vescovo
*
Giorgio Capecchi Giorgio may refer to:
* Castel Giorgio, ''comune'' in Umbria, Italy
* Giorgio (name), an Italian given name and surname
* Giorgio Moroder, or Giorgio, Italian record producer
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* "Giorgio" (son ...
as Capitano Borso
*
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
*
Tatiana Farnese
Tatiana Idonea (19 April 1924 – 31 January 2022), better known by the stage name of Tatiana Farnese, was an Italian actress. She died in Rome on 31 January 2022, at the age of 97.
Filmography
*''Schoolgirl Diary'' (1941)
*''A Garibaldian in ...
as Figlia del conte Ranieri
*
Loli Bonfanti as Seconda figlia
*
Amedeo Trilli
Amedeo Trilli (9 July 1906 – 30 November 1971) was an Italian film and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Ronciglione, Viterbo, at very young age Trilli worked as a circus artist, then in 1922 he studied performance at the Accademia ...
as Il guardiano marito di Angela
*
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.
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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
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