1938 Italian film
Under the Southern Cross Sotto la croce del sud drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Antonio Centa , Doris Duranti and Enrico Glori .[ 1] Abyssinia following the recent Italian victory there .[ 2] Italy's African Empire during the Fascist era that were released between 1936 and 1939.[ 3] propaganda piece designed to support Fascist policy on empire and concerns about inter-racial romances.
It was shot at the Tirrenia Studios in Tuscany and on location in the Galla Territory of Italian Ethiopia .
Synopsis
Antonio Centa Marco the owner of a coffee plantation in Abyssinia, is trying to play his part in building the new Italian Empire. He becomes concerned however that his Italian staff, in the absence of their wives and families, are becoming overly attracted to native woman. His junior partner Paolo has to resist the allures of Mailù, an attractive young Middle Eastern woman.
Main cast
References
^ Reich & Garofalo p.160
^ Forgacs p.81
^ Palumbo p.294
Bibliography
Forgacs, David. Italy's Margins: Social Exclusion and Nation Formation since 1861 . Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Palumbo, Patrizia. A Place in the Sun: Africa in Italian Colonial Culture from Post-unification to the Present . University of California Press, 2003.
Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943 . Indiana University Press, 2002.
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