The Seven Cervi Brothers
The Seven Cervi Brothers | |
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Directed by | Gianni Puccini |
Written by | Cesare Zavattini |
Cinematography | Mario Montuori |
Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
The Seven Cervi Brothers (
drama film directed by Gianni Puccini. The film recounts the last days of life during the resistance of the anti-fascist Cervi Brothers.[1] The director Puccini died a few months after the end of production.[2] The film was long blocked by the Italian censorship.[2]
Plot
Aldo Cervi, who distanced himself from
partisans
. Back home momentarily, he is captured with his brothers by the fascists. At the end of December 1943, in the Reggio Emilia shooting range, the execution of the seven brothers and Quarto Camurri takes place.
Cast
- Gian Maria Volonté: Aldo Cervi
- Lisa Gastoni: Lucia Sarzi
- Carla Gravina: Verina
- Riccardo Cucciolla: Gelindo Cervi
- Don Backy: Agostino Cervi
- Renzo Montagnani: Ferdinando Cervi
- Serge Reggiani: Ferrari
- Oleg Zhakov (credited as Oleg Jakov): Alcide Cervi
- Andrea Checchi: Italian Communist Party member
- Duilio Del Prete: Dante Castellucci
- Gabriella Pallotta: wife of Agostino Cervi
References
- ISBN 978-0810870598.
- ^ ISBN 978-8808127051.
External links
- The Seven Cervi Brothers at IMDb