Condottieri (film)

Condottieri
Giovanni de' Medici
Directed by	Luis Trenker
Written by	Kurt Heuser Mirko Jelusich Luis Trenker
Starring	Luis Trenker Loris Gizzi Laura Nucci Carla Sveva [fr; it]
Cinematography	Walter Hege Carlo Montuori Klaus von Rautenfeld
Edited by	Giorgio Simonelli
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production company	ENIC
Distributed by	ENIC
Release date	1937 (1937)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Condottieri is a 1937 Italian

of the sixteenth century. A separate German-language version was also made.

The film received 9.6 million lire of funding from the Italian government,^[1] as part as a major drive by the Fascist authorities to develop the Italian film industry (which also involved the construction of the large Cinecittà complex in Rome). Along with Scipio Africanus, the film was an attempt to harness history to support the Fascist regime's current policies. Condottieri drew parallels between the dictator Benito Mussolini and the historical figure of de' Medici, portraying both as unifying Italy.^[2] The film's elaborate sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi and Erich Grave, while Herbert Ploberger produced the costumes.

Cast

• Giovanni de' Medici
• Loris Gizzi as Malatesta
• Laura Nucci as Tullia delle Grazie
• Carla Sveva [fr; it] as Maria Salviati
• Ethel Maggi [it] as Caterina Sforza
• Mario Ferrari as Cesare Borgia
• Angelo Ferrari
• Giulio Cirino as Rüschli
• Sandro Dani as D'Argentière
• Tito Gobbi as Nino
• Augusto Marcacci as Daniello
• Nino Marchetti as Corrado
• Lando Muzio [it] as Pedro
• Ernesto Nannicini
• Umberto Sacripante as Sanzio
• Duke of Urbino
• Gino Viotti as Pope
• Giuseppe Addobbati as Duke of Imola
• Friedl Trenker as Giovanni
• Oreste Bilancia
• Alberto Emmerich
• Carlo Fontana
• Tullio Galvani
• Luis Gerold as Barbo
• Alberto Minoprio
• Carlo Simoneschi
• Virgilio Botti
• Mara Danieli
• Claudio Ermelli
• Carlo Duse

See also

• The Violent Patriot (1956)
• The Profession of Arms (2001)

References

External links

• Condottieri at
  IMDb

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