The Opium Den

The Opium Den
Directed by	Raffaello Matarazzo
Written by	Mario Monicelli Tullio Pinelli Ettore Maria Margadonna Raffaello Matarazzo
Produced by	Luciano Doria
Starring	Emilio Ghione Jr. Mariella Lotti Emilio Cigoli Paolo Stoppa
Cinematography	Alberto Fusi
Edited by	Vanda Tuzzi
Music by	Ezio Carabella
Production company	Metropa Film
Distributed by	Indipendenti Regionali
Release date	5 September 1947
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Opium Den (Italian: Fumeria d'oppio) is a 1947 Italian crime film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Emilio Ghione Jr., Mariella Lotti, and Emilio Cigoli. It was an unsuccessful attempt to revive the Za La Mort character, who had been a popular figure during the silent era. Ghione jr. was the son of the actor Emilio Ghione who had originally played the role.

Cast

• Emilio Ghione jr. as Za-la-Mort
• Mariella Lotti as Lina Vidonis, la sorella di Corrado
• Emilio Cigoli as De Rossi, il "Maestro"
• Paolo Stoppa as l'amico di Za-la-Mort
• Armando Francioli as Corrado Vidonis
• Umberto Spadaro as il "Ragno", un complice del "Maestro"
• Arnoldo Foà as altro complice del "Maestro"
• Fedele Gentile as Piero
• Enrico Glori as il commissario
• Checco Durante as Antonio, il finto cieco
• Augusto Di Giovanni as Giacomo, l'assassino
• Erminio Spalla as il fabbroferraio
• Domenico Serra as il brigadiere
• Margherita Bossi Nicosia as la padrona dell'osteria
• Fiore Forges Davanzati as l'infermiera nella villa
• Adriana De Roberto as Irene
• Marichetta Stoppa as Lidia
• Eugenio Duse as l'uomo delirante
• Aristide Garbini as il custode della villa del "Maestro"
• Roberto Mauri as un drogato dall'oppio
• Ciro Berardi as altro membro della banda di ladri
• Ida Bracci Dorati
• Aedo Galvani

Bibliography

• Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• The Opium Den at IMDb