Cardinal Lambertini (1934 film)

Cardinal Lambertini
Cardinal Lambertini
Directed by	Parsifal Bassi
Written by	Oreste Biancoli ; Dino Falconi
Based on	Cardinal Lambertini by Alfredo Testoni
Starring	Ermete Zacconi ; Isa Miranda ; Giulietta De Riso
Cinematography	Gino Marchi ; Otello Martelli
Edited by	Parsifal Bassi
Music by	Pietro Clausetti
Production; company	Elios Film
Distributed by	EFFEBI
Release date	March 1934;
Running time	74 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Cardinal Lambertini (Italian: Il cardinale Lambertini) is a 1934 Italian historical comedy film directed by Parsifal Bassi and starring Ermete Zacconi, Isa Miranda and Giulietta De Riso.^[1] It is based on the 1905 play of the same name by Alfredo Testoni, the title role of which Zacconi had played for many years on stage. The film was remade in 1954 starring Gino Cervi.

It was shot at the Bovisa Studios in Milan. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otha Sforza.

Synopsis

Shortly before he became Pope Benedict XIV, Cardinal Lambertini has to mediate between the Spanish forces occupying Bologna and local nobility who bitterly resent them.

Cast

Ermete Zacconi as Cardinal Lambertini
Ernes Zacconi as Maria
Isa Miranda as Anna
Giulietta De Riso as Isabella Pietramelara
Franco Becci as Count Davia
Calisto Bertramo as Pietramelara
Giuseppe Galeati as Peggi
Luciano Molinari as Des Brosses
Aldo Silvani as Carlo
Letizia Bonini
Pia De Doses
Fernanda Fassy
Maria Wronska

References

^ Mancini p.87

Bibliography

Mancini, Elaine. Struggles of the Italian Film Industry During Fascism, 1930-1935. UMI Research Press, 1985.

External links

Cardinal Lambertini at IMDb

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[1] Mancini p.87

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