''The White Devil'' (Italian: ''Il diavolo bianco'') is a 1947 Italian historical adventure film directed by

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and starring

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, Annette Bach and

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. It is based on

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

's 1912 novella '' Hadji Murat''. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arrigo Equini. It earned around 272 million lira at the Italian box office.Chiti & Poppi p.116

Synopsis

In the

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a rebel fighter battles against the rule of an oppressive Russian Governor, although he is in real life a prince who pretends to be a supporter of the Governor.

Cast

as Prince André Mdwani - Il diavolo bianco * Annette Bach as Countess Olga Kutezoff *

as Gov. Alexis Ignatieff *

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as Katiousha * Harry Feist as Col. Stanikow *

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as Prof. Ilya *

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as Wassili *

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as John * Vittorina Benvenuti as Elena * Angelo Calabrese as Michailoff * Mario Gallina as Stoloff * Cesare Lancia as Fiodor *

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as Captain Peter

References

Bibliography

* Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1947 films Italian historical adventure films 1940s historical adventure films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma Italian black-and-white films Films shot at Scalera Studios Films set in the 19th century Films based on works by Leo Tolstoy Films set in the Russian Empire 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub