Cardinal Lambertini (1954 film)
Cardinal Lambertini (Italian: Il cardinale Lambertini) is a 1954 Italian historical comedy film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Gino Cervi, Nadia Gray and Arnoldo Foà. It is an adaptation of Alfredo Testoni's 1905 play Cardinal Lambertini, which had previously been turned into a 1934 film adaptation.[1]
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| Directed by | Giorgio Pastina |
| Written by | Edoardo Anton Oreste Biancoli Giorgio Pastina |
| Based on | Cardinal Lambertini by Alfredo Testoni |
| Starring | Gino Cervi Nadia Gray Arnoldo Foà |
| Cinematography | Rodolfo Lombardi |
| Edited by | Renato Scandolo |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
Production company | Italica Vox |
| Distributed by | Minerva Film |
Release date | 23 December 1954 |
Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The film was released by Minerva Film. Interiors were shot at studios in Rome while location shooting took place in Bologna and the small town of Ceri in Lazio. The film's sets were designed by the art director Peppino Piccolo. It earned around 241 million lira at the box office.[2]
Cast
- Gino Cervi as Cardinal Lambertini
- Nadia Gray as Isabella di Pietramelara
- Arnoldo Foà as Duke of Montimar
- Carlo Romano as Goffredo di Pietramelara
- Virna Lisi as Maria di Pietramelara
- Sergio Tofano as Canonico Peggi
- Paolo Carlini as Lawyer Carlo Barozzi
- Gianni Agus as Count Pepoli
- Tino Buazzelli as Count Davia
- Agnese Dubbini as Tata, the maid
- Mario Mazza as Anastasio
- Aldo Fiorelli as Abbot Cavalcanti
- Loris Gizzi as Count Orsi
- Piero Pastore as Papal messenger
- Armando Migliari as Physician
- Mario Siletti as Butler
- Emilio Petacci as Costanzo
- Rita Glori as Marquess Gozzadini
References
- Goble p.704
- Chiti & Poppi p.83
Bibliography
- Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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