An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939)
1h 36m
Running Time
December 16, 1939Release Date
An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939)
1h 36m
Running Time
December 16, 1939Release Date
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Plot.
Everything unfolds in Naples seventeenth century, when a mysterious masked swordsman who calls Salvador Rossa becomes champion of the needy and lonely struggle against the cruel tyrant that frightens the country.
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Cast & Crew.
Gino Cervi
Salvator Rosa
Luisa Ferida
Lucrezia
Rina Morelli
Isabella di Torniano
Ugo Ceseri
Giovanni
Osvaldo Valenti
Lamberto d'Arco
Alessandro Blasetti
Director
Umberto Sacripante
Il primo contadino
Renato Castellani
Writer
Paolo Stoppa
Il secondo contadino
Corrado Pavolini
Writer
Piero Mazza
Piero Mazza
Piero Pastore
Il quarto contadino
Giuseppe Zucca
Writer
Jone Salinas
Amalia
Enzo Biliotti
Don Rodrigo D'Arcos, il viceré
Andrea Di Robilant
Producer
Carlo Duse
Il capitano della guardia
Ada Colangeli
Una popolana
Rudi Dal Pra
Simone
Gino Massi
Cicillo
Leone Papa
Il carceriere
Amina Pirani Maggi
La dama di compagnia della duchessa
Mario Pucci
Il poeta
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer
Details.
Release DateDecember 16, 1939
Original NameUn'avventura di Salvator Rosa
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Genres
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Wiki.
An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (Italian: Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa) is a 1939 Italian historical adventure film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Gino Cervi, Luisa Ferida and Rina Morelli. It is set in seventeenth century Naples, then occupied by Spain, where a famous artist celebrated for his paintings of the rich leads a double life as a secret defender of the poor and oppressed.It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi.
At the time of its release, the film was greeted with unanimous critical approval. Giuseppe Isani, on Cinema, referred to it as "the best Italian film produced from 1930 onwards."