Messalina (1960 film)
Appearance
Messalina | |
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Directed by | Vittorio Cottafavi |
Screenplay by |
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Story by |
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Produced by | Erno Bistolfi[2] |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Marco Scarpelli[2] |
Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino[2] |
Production company | Cineproduzione Erno Bistolfi[1] |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | Italy[1] |
Messalina (Italian: Messalina Venere imperatrice) is a 1960 Italian peplum film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi.[3]
Cast
- Belinda Lee as Valeria Messalina
- Spiros Focás as Lucius Maximus
- Carlo Giustini as Lucius Geta (as Carlo Justini)
- Giancarlo Sbragia as Aulo Celso (as Gian Carlo Sbragia)
- Arturo Dominici as Gaius Lilius
- Giulio Donnini as Narcissus
- Ida Galli as Silvia
- Mino Doro as Claudius
- Giuliano Gemma as Marcellus
- Annie Gorassini as Courtisan lover of Aulo Ceso
- Lia Angeleri as Vipidia
- Aroldo Tieri as Pirgo Pollinice
- Vittorio Congia as Ortotrago
- Paola Pitagora (as Paola Gargeloni)
- Bruno Scipioni
Production
Messalina was shot at Cinecitta Studios in Rome.[1]
Release
Messalina was released in Italy on 12 March 1960 with a 96-minute running time.[2] It was released in the United States in 1962 with an 84-minute running time.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 117.
- ^ a b c d e f g Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 116.
- ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
Bibliography
- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 1476662916.
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External links
Categories:
- 1960 films
- 1960s historical films
- 1960s biographical films
- Italian biographical films
- Peplum films
- Italian films
- Films directed by Vittorio Cottafavi
- Films set in ancient Rome
- Films set in the Roman Empire
- Films set in the 1st century
- Cultural depictions of Messalina
- Cultural depictions of Claudius
- Films scored by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
- Sword and sandal films
- 1960s Italian film stubs