The Black Eagle
| The Black Eagle | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Riccardo Freda |
| Screenplay by |
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| Story by | Riccardo Freda[1] |
| Based on | Dubrovsky by Alexander Pushkin |
| Produced by | Nino Angioletti[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Rodolfo Lombardi[1] |
| Edited by | Otelo Colangeli[1] |
| Music by | Franco Casavola[1] |
Production company | Cinematografica Distributori Indepdendenti[1] |
| Distributed by | Cinematografica Distributori Indepdendenti |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
| Box office | ₤195 million |
The Black Eagle (
Plot
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Cast
- Rossano Brazzi as Vladimir Dubrowskij
- Irasema Dilián as Mascia Petrovic
- Gino Cervi as Kirila Petrovic
- Rina Morelli as Irina
- Harry Feist as Sergej Ivanovic
- Paolo Stoppa as Un bandito
- Inga Gort as Maria
- Petr Sharov as Il conte Andrea Dubrowskij
- Luigi Pavese as Un servo
- Angelo Calabrese as Il giudice
- Cesare Polacco as Il segretario Sputing
- Gina Lollobrigida as Una ragazza alla festa
Production
Following the end of World War II, director Riccardo Freda returned to filmmaking in 1946 and following the musical comedies he had worked on, he began work on a period adventure film.[3] Freda began work on adapting the unfinished novel Dubrovsky which was written in 1832 by Alexander Pushkin and published in 1841, four years after Pushkin's death.[4] The story had already been previously adapted to film: first by Clarence Brown as The Eagle, and Dubrovsky by Alexsandr Ivanovsky.[4]
To develop the script, Freda worked with his friend Steno and Mario Monicelli.[5] Freda later spoke negatively about his relationship with Monicelli, finding that when Monicelli became famous, he began ignoring Freda.[5]
Freda commented in his memoirs that he difficulty with the producers, stating that his film "went beyond verism or what the producers were willing to accept, and it consisted of totally different elements".[4] Specifically, Freda recalled that the producers "could not imagine how our ciociari [the inhabitants of the South-East Lazio countryside] could play Cossacks".[4]
Release
The Black Eagle was distributed theatrically in Italy by Cinematografica Distributori Indepdendenti (C.D.I.) on 21 September 1946.
The film was released in the United States as Return of the Black Eagle and in 1952 in the United Kingdom as The Black Eagle.[1][6][7]
Reception
The film was reviewed in the October 1952
See also
- The Eagle (1925)
- Dubrowsky (1959)
- List of Italian films of 1946
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Curti 2017, p. 303.
- ^ Testa p.6
- ^ Curti 2017, p. 45.
- ^ a b c d Curti 2017, p. 46.
- ^ a b Curti 2017, p. 47.
- ^ a b c Curti 2017, p. 50.
- ^ Curti 2017, p. 304.
- ^ Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 19, no. 225. British Film Institute. October 1952. p. 142.
Bibliography
- Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387.
- Testa, Carlo. Italian Cinema and Modern European Literatures, 1945-2000. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002.
External links
- The Black Eagle at IMDb
