Private Angelo (film)

Private Angelo
Private Angelo
	Australian 1-sheet poster
Directed by	Michael Anderson; Peter Ustinov
Written by	Michael Anderson; Peter Ustinov; Eric Linklater (novel)
Produced by	Michael Anderson; Peter Ustinov
Starring	Peter Ustinov; Godfrey Tearle; María Denis; Marjorie Rhodes; James Robertson Justice
Cinematography	Erwin Hillier
Edited by	Charles Hasse
Music by	Vittorio Pirone (musical director); Società Filarmonica di Trequanda (played by)
Distributed by	Associated British-Pathé
Release date	1949
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£89,980 (UK)

Private Angelo is a 1949 British comedy war film directed by Michael Anderson and Peter Ustinov. It starred Ustinov, Godfrey Tearle, Maria Denis and Marjorie Rhodes.^[2] It depicts the misadventures of a soldier in the Italian Army during the Second World War. It was adapted from the novel Private Angelo by Eric Linklater. The film's costumes were designed by Ustinov's mother Nadia Benois.

A number of scenes in the film were filmed in the Italian village of Trequanda in the Province of Siena.

Cast

^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p490
^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/47177

Nicol, Christopher (2012) "Eric Linklater's Private Angelo and The Dark of Summer". Glasgow: ASLS ISBN 978-1906841119

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