''The Devil's Gondola'' (Italian: ''La gondola del diavolo'') is a 1946 Italian

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

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film directed by

Carlo Campogalliani Carlo Campogalliani (10 October 1885 – 10 August 1974) was an Italian screenwriter, actor and film director. Campogalliani directed around eighty films during his career and acted in another fifty. He directed the 1934 sports film '' Stadio''.R ...

and starring

Loredana Loredana is a feminine given name, claimed to be invented by French author Lucile Aurore Dupin (George Sand) in her novel ''Mattea'' (1833), and later used by Luciano Zuccoli in ''L'amore di Loredana'' (1908). It may have been inspired by the rea ...

, Carlo Lombardi, and

Erminio Spalla Erminio Spalla (7 July 1897 – 14 August 1971) was an Italian professional heavyweight Boxer (boxing), boxer, film actor and singer. Spalla studied fine arts in Brera (district of Milan), Brera, when in 1910 he saw film footage of the world box ...

.Klossner p.103 Made by Scalera Films, it was shot at the Cinevillaggio Studios complex in

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during the wartime

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Luigi Scaccianoce Luigi Scaccianoce (July 12, 1914, in Venice, Italy – October 18, 1981) was an Italian production designer, art director and set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in '' The Gospel According ...

and

Ottavio Scotti Ottavio Scotti (1904–1975) was an Italian art director. Scotti was born in Umago, which was then part of Italy but is today in Croatia. He worked on more than a hundred films during his career, including Orson Welles's ''Black Magic'' which wa ...

Synopsis

In the

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a series of murders are carried out by a hooded man in black who always makes his escape through the city's waterways on a

gondola The gondola (, ; vec, góndoła ) is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon. It is typically propelled by a gondolier, who uses a rowing oar, which is not fastened to the hull, ...

Cast

as Marina * Carlo Lombardi as messer Stelio Ricunis *

as Marco, il gondoliere * Nino Pavese as Idillius, il bravo *

Alfredo Varelli Alfredo Varelli (born Alfredo Ciavarella, 31 August 1914, date of death unknown) was an Italian film actor whose career spanned more than six decades. Varelli was born ''Alfredo Ciavarella'' and debuted in Alessandro Blasetti's 1934 film ''Vecch ...

as Paolo Venier * Flora Marino as Imperia * Letizia Quaranta as Madre di Paolo *

Carlo Micheluzzi Carlo Micheluzzi (1886–1973) was an Italian stage and film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such ...

as Il ministro di giustizia *

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as Lorenzo *

Giorgio Piamonti 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 ** ''Giorgio'' (album), an album by Giorgio Moroder * "Giorgio" (son ...

as Alvise Venier, padre di Paolo * Edgardo Pellegrini as Bambino * Giorgio Malvezzi as Uomo bravo *

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 Altro bravo * Michael Tor as Oste * Gianni Cavalieri as ambasciatore di Francia * Giorgia Piccoli *

Cristina Veronesi Cristina is a female given name, and it is also a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Cristina (daughter of Edward the Exile), 11th-century English princess *Cristina (singer), Cristina Monet-Palaci (1956–2020), American s ...

References

Bibliography

* Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on film and television: a worldwide filmography of over 2550 works, 1895 through 2000''. McFarland & Co., 2002.

External links

* 1946 films Italian crime drama films Italian black-and-white films Italian historical films 1940s historical films 1946 crime drama films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Carlo Campogalliani Films shot in Venice Films set in Venice 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub