Shadow of the Eagle (1950 film)
| Shadow of the Eagle | |
|---|---|
Independent Film Distributors | |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | £128,500[1] |
| Box office | £55,000[1] |
Shadow of the Eagle is a 1950 British-Italian
drama film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese and Greta Gynt.[2] A separate Italian version The Rival of the Empress
was released the following year.
It was shot partly at
art direction was by Wilfred Shingleton
.
It was produced by Tony Havelock Allen who made it through his new company, Constellation Films. He said the movie "looked nice, had beautiful sets, but again I wasn’t pleased with it."[3]
It was the first film from Independent Film Distributors, the company of the Woolf brothers.[4]
Plot
During the 18th century the Empress of Russia Catherine the Great sends her lover Count Alexei Orloff to kidnap her rival for the throne, the pretender Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova, from Venice. However, Orloff ends up falling in love with the Princess.
Cast
- Richard Greene as Count Alexei Orloff
- Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
- Greta Gynt as Countess Loradona Camponiello
- Binnie Barnes as Catherine - Empress of Russia
- Charles Goldner as General Korsakov
- Hugh French as Captain Sergei Nikolsky
- Walter Rilla as Prince Radziwill
- Dennis Vance as Vasska, Orloff's Aide
- William Tubbs as Boris
- Cippi Valli as Maid
- Dino Galvani as Russian Ambassador
- Ewan Roberts as Ship's Doctor
- A. De Leo as Polish Guard
- Gianantonio Porcheddu as Partisan
See also
- Princess Tarakanova (1910)
- Tarakanova (1930)
- Princess Tarakanova (1938)
- The Rival of the Empress (1951)
References
- ^ a b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 102. Income is producer's share of receipts.
- ^ Richards p.140
- ^ McFarlane, Brian (1997). An autobiography of British cinema : as told by the filmmakers and actors who made it. Metheun. p. 293.
- ^ "Woolf prepping three production outfits". Variety. 12 July 1950. p. 7.
Bibliography
- Richards, Jeffrey. Swordsmen of the Screen: From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York. Routledge, 2014.
External links
- Shadow of the Eagle at IMDb
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