The Legend of the Piave
Directed by	Riccardo Freda
Written by	Riccardo Freda Giuseppe Mangione
Produced by	Manlio Morelli
Starring	Gianna Maria Canale Carlo Giustini Renato Baldini
Cinematography	Sergio Pesce
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Production company	Produzione Film Colamonici Tupini
Distributed by	Indipendenti Regionali
Release date	1952 (1952)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Legend of the Piave (Italian: La leggenda del piave) is a 1952 Italian war melodrama film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo Giustini and Renato Baldini.^[1] It takes its name from the 1918 patriotic song of the same name, although there is little connection between the song's lyrics and the plot of the film.^[2] It was filmed over four weeks, mostly at the Titanus Studios in Rome.^[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori.

During the First World War, countess Giovanna Dolfin discovers that her husband the count is in fact an opportunist who has only enlisted in the Italian Army in order to carry out black market activities. She plans to leave him but he ultimately redeems himself following the disastrous Battle of Caporetto and the subsequent fighting on the Piave River, where he is badly wounded.

• Gianna Maria Canale as Contessa Giovanna Dolfin
• Carlo Giustini as Conte Riccardo Dolfin
• Renato Baldini as Don Carlo, capellano
• Edoardo Toniolo as Ufficiale Austriaco
• Enrico Viarisio as Caporale Mainardi
• Duccio Sissia as Piccolo Mario, figlio dei conti Dolfin
• Giorgio Consolini as Soldato Cantante
• Luigi De Filippo as Giorgio, un soldato
• Elena Cotta as Gabriella
• Marina Recchia as Contadina

• Curti, Roberto. Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland, 2017.

• The Legend of the Piave at IMDb

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