''They Were Three Hundred'' (Italian: ''Eran trecento'') is a 1952 Italian
historical
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drama film
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directed by
Gian Paolo Callegari
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Selected filmography
* ''The Thril ...
and starring
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 Vene ...
,
Franca Marzi
Franca Marzi (18 August 1926 – 6 March 1989) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1943 and 1977.
Life and career
Born in Rome as Francesca Marsi, after working in the revue, Marzi made her film debut in her early ...
and
Myriam Bru
Myriam Bru (born 20 April 1932, Paris)Some sources cite 1930 as Bru's year of birth. is a French retired actress and the wife of German actor Horst Buchholz, to whom she was married from 1958 until his death in 2003. She appeared in 16 films bet ...
.
[Di Fiore p.369] It was shot at the
Scalera Studios in
Rome
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with
location shooting
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The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for exam ...
on the
Via Tiburtina
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Historical road
It was probably built by the Roman censor Marcus Valerius Maxi ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Virgilio Marchi
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.
Cast
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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 Vene ...
as Volpintesta
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Franca Marzi
Franca Marzi (18 August 1926 – 6 March 1989) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1943 and 1977.
Life and career
Born in Rome as Francesca Marsi, after working in the revue, Marzi made her film debut in her early ...
as Sina
*
Myriam Bru
Myriam Bru (born 20 April 1932, Paris)Some sources cite 1930 as Bru's year of birth. is a French retired actress and the wife of German actor Horst Buchholz, to whom she was married from 1958 until his death in 2003. She appeared in 16 films bet ...
as Lucia
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Paola Barbara
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Life and career
Born in Rome as Paola Proto, after her fi ...
as Sabina, la governante
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Antonio Cifariello
Antonio Cifariello (19 May 1930 – 12 December 1968) was an Italian actor and documentarist.
Life and career
Born in Naples, son of the sculptor Filippo Cifariello, Antonio started his career in 1950 as the main actor, credited as Fabio ...
as Sgt. Cafiero
*
Luisa Rivelli
Luisa Rivelli (10 February 1931 – 12 June 2013) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1951 and 1994.
Rivelli died in Guidonia Montecelio on 12 June 2013, at the age of 82.
Selected filmography
* ''La figlia del diavol ...
as Maria Antonia
*
Roberto Mauri
Roberto Mauri (born 1924) is an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born Giuseppe Tagliavia in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Mauri began his career as a film actor in low-budget films, occasionally even playing main roles. He d ...
as Orsaja
*
Peter Trent
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as Franco della Spina
*
Franco Fabrizi
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Life and career
Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, Franco Fabrizi started his career as a model and an actor in fotoromanzi. Fabrizi also starred on several rev ...
as
Carlo Pisacane
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*
Marco Guglielmi
Marco Guglielmi (6 October 1926 – 28 December 2005) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and author.
Life and career
Born Augusto Guglielmi in Sanremo, he graduated from ragioneria, then he enrolled at the university in the faculty of economic ...
as Alfiere
*
Armando Guarnieri Armando may refer to:
* Armando (given name)
* Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd
* Armando (producer)
Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...
as General Della Spina
*
Franco Pesce
Franco Pesce (11 August 1890 – 6 December 1975) was an Italian actor and cinematographer.
Life and career
Franco Pesce was born in Naples. He was the son of the actor Ettore. At a young age Pesce studied lyric singing with the intention of ...
as Beppe
*
Fiorella Ferrero Fiorella is an Italian female given name. Notable people with the given name include:
*Fiorella Aíta (born 1977), Peruvian volleyball player
*Fiorella Betti (1927-2001), Italian actress
*Fiorella Bonicelli (born 1951), Uruguayan tennis player
* Fi ...
as Purificata
*
Maria Belfadel
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* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
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*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
*Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...
as Suor Adelaide
References
Bibliography
* Di Fiore, Gigi. ''Controstoria dell'unità d'Italia''. Rizzoli,2011.
External links
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1952 films
1950s historical films
Italian historical films
1950s Italian-language films
Films set in 1857
Films scored by Giovanni Fusco
Italian black-and-white films
1950s Italian films
Films shot at Scalera Studios
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