''The Devil's Gondola'' () is a 1946 Italian

historical History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categ ...

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

crime In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definiti ...

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'' a ...

and starring Loredana, Carlo Lombardi, and

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

.Klossner p.103 Made by

Scalera Film Scalera Film was an Italian film production and film distribution, distribution company which operated between 1938 and 1950. It had strong backing from the Italian state, as the Kingdom of Italy#Fascist regime (1922–1943), Fascist government of ...

s, it was shot at the Cinevillaggio Studios complex in

Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

during the wartime

Italian Social Republic The Italian Social Republic (, ; RSI; , ), known prior to December 1943 as the National Republican State of Italy (; SNRI), but more popularly known as the Republic of Salò (, ), was a List of World War II puppet states#Germany, German puppe ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

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 (, ; , ) 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, in a scul ...

Cast

* Loredana as Marina * Carlo Lombardi as messer Stelio Ricunis *

as Marco, il gondoliere *

Nino Pavese Nino Pavese (10 April 1904 – 21 December 1979) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Asti and the younger brother of actor and voice actor Luigi Pavese, he began his career on stage with a theatrical troupe in the earl ...

as Idillius, il bravo *

Alfredo Varelli Alfredo Varelli (born Alfredo Ciavarella, 31 August 1914 – 18 August 1996) 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 ''Vecchia g ...

as Paolo Venier *

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as Imperia *

Letizia Quaranta Letizia Quaranta (30 December 1892 – 9 January 1977), also known with the stage name of Laetitia Quaranta, was an Italian film actress. She was mainly active in the silent era of cinema. Early life Letizia Quaranta was born in Turin in 1892 i ...

as Madre di Paolo *

Carlo Micheluzzi Carlo Micheluzzi (1886–1973) was an Italian stage and film actor. Farrell & Puppa p.239 Son if an actor and brother of another actor (Leo Micheluzzi), he began his career in 1903 acting in the Venetian company Zago-Borisi. Over time he formed v ...

as Il ministro di giustizia * Mario Sailer as Lorenzo * Giorgio Piamonti as Alvise Venier, padre di Paolo *

Edgardo Pellegrini Edgardo is an Italian-language form of the name Edgar. It may refer to: * Edgardo Abdala (born 1978), Chilean-Palestinian football midfielder * Edgardo Adinolfi (born 1974), Uruguayan football player *Edgardo Alfonzo (born 1973), former Major Leag ...

as Bambino * Giorgio Malvezzi as Uomo bravo *

Roberto Mauri Roberto Mauri (8 February 1924 – 18 February 2018) was an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. Life and career Born Giuseppe Tagliavia in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Mauri began his career as a film actor in low-budget films, occasion ...

as Altro bravo *

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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

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