''The Lion of Amalfi'' (Italian: ''Il Leone di Amalfi'') is a 1950 Italian historical film, historical adventure film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Vittorio Gassman, Milly Vitale and Carlo Ninchi. After making his 1949 biopic ''Anthony of Padua (film), Anthony of Padua'', Francisci switched to making historical adventures. Gassman had attracted notice for his performance in the melodrama ''Bitter Rice'' leading to his casting in this film. The film's sets were designed by the art director Flavio Mogherini. It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome. It grossed 256 million Italian lira, lire at the box office.Chiti & Poppi p.207

Synopsis

After the Duchy of Amalfi is invaded and Norman conquest of southern Italy, conquered by the Normans, the last Duke's son Mauro leads a resistance movement to the tyrannical regime they impose.

Cast

*Vittorio Gassman as Mauro *Milly Vitale as Eleonora *Sergio Fantoni as Roger Borsa, Ruggero *Carlo Ninchi as Robert Guiscard, Roberto il Guiscardo *Elvi Lissiak as Diana *Achille Majeroni as Dino *Ughetto Bertucci as Luciano *Ugo Sasso as Attilio *Valerio Tordi as Pietro *Arnoldo Foà *Adele Bishop *Cesare Fantoni *Anna Di Lorenzo *Roberto Risso *Franco Silva

References

Bibliography

* Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto . ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. * Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. * Smith, Garry Allen. ''Epic Films: Casts, Credits and Commentary on More Than 350 Historical Spectacle Movies''. McFarland, 2015.

External links

* 1950 films 1950 drama films 1950s historical drama films 1950 adventure films Italian adventure films Italian drama films Italian historical drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Pietro Francisci Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Films set in Campania Films set in the 11th century Italian black-and-white films Films shot at Palatino Studios 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub