The Cuckoo Clock (film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Camillo Mastrocinque |
Written by | Alberto Donini (play) Renato Castellani Mario Soldati |
Produced by | Romolo Laurenti |
Starring | Vittorio De Sica Oretta Fiume Laura Solari |
Cinematography | Piero Pupilli Jack Stevens |
Edited by | Giorgio Simonelli |
Music by | Vittorio Rieti |
Production company | Era Film |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The Cuckoo Clock (Italian: L'orologio a cucù) is a 1938 Italian historical mystery thriller film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Vittorio De Sica, Oretta Fiume and Laura Solari.[1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Livorno. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gino Brosio.
Synopsis
[edit]At the time of Napoleon's escape from Elba, a wealthy banker from Livorno hides his gold in a cuckoo clock to protect it from seizure by revolutionaries.
Cast
[edit]- Vittorio De Sica as Il capitano Ducci
- Oretta Fiume as Paolina
- Laura Solari as Elvira
- Lamberto Picasso as Il conte Scarabelli
- Ugo Ceseri as Barni, il fanatico bonapartista
- Gemma Bolognesi as La 'Nenna'
- Guglielmo Sinaz as Il banchiere Rosen
- Augusto Marcacci as Kreuss, l'ispettore di polizia
- Guglielmo Barnabò as Il sergente MacNeill
- Sergio Dani as Il lord ammiraglio
- Checco Rissone as Narciso
- Giuseppe Pierozzi as Tonino
References
[edit]- ^ Aprà p.85
Bibliography
[edit]- Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian Cinema 1929-1944. Electa International, 1979.
External links
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Categories:
- 1938 films
- 1938 mystery films
- 1930s historical films
- Italian historical films
- Italian mystery films
- 1930s Italian-language films
- Films directed by Camillo Mastrocinque
- Italian black-and-white films
- Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- Films set in the 1810s
- Films set in Livorno
- 1930s Italian films
- Films scored by Vittorio Rieti
- 1930s Italian film stubs