Private Angelo (film)

Private Angelo
Private Angelo
	Australian 1-sheet poster
Directed by	Michael Anderson; Peter Ustinov;
Written by	Michael Anderson; Peter Ustinov;
Based on	Private Angelo by ; Eric Linklater
Produced by	Michael Anderson; Peter Ustinov;
Starring	Peter Ustinov; Godfrey Tearle; María Denis; Marjorie Rhodes; James Robertson Justice;
Cinematography	Erwin Hillier
Edited by	Charles Hasse
Music by	Vittorio Pirone
Production; company	Pilgrim Pictures
Distributed by	Associated British-Pathé
Release date	6 July 1949
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£218,713
Box office	£89,980 (UK)

Private Angelo is a 1949 British

Second World War. It was adapted from the 1946 novel Private Angelo by Eric Linklater. The film's costumes were designed by Ustinov's mother Nadia Benois

.

A number of scenes were filmed in the Italian village of Trequanda in the Province of Siena. It also featured music played by the Società Filarmonica di Trequanda. Interiors were shot at Welwyn Studios, with sets designed by the art director John Howell.

Cast

Peter Ustinov as Private Angelo
Godfrey Tearle as Count Piccologrando
María Denis as Lucrezia
Marjorie Rhodes as Countess
James Robertson Justice as Feste
Moyna Macgill as Marchesa Dolce
Robin Bailey as Simon Telfer
Harry Locke as Corporal Trivet
Bill Shine as Colonel Michael
John Harvey as Corporal McCunn
Diana Graves as Lucia

Reception

As of 1 April 1950 the film earned distributor's gross receipts of £36,994 in the UK of which £19,489 went to the producer.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 355.
^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p490
^ "Private Angelo (1949)". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018.