Cardinal Lambertini (1934 film)

Cardinal Lambertini
Directed byParsifal Bassi
Written byOreste Biancoli
Dino Falconi
Based onCardinal Lambertini by Alfredo Testoni
StarringErmete Zacconi
Isa Miranda
Giulietta De Riso
CinematographyGino Marchi
Otello Martelli
Edited byParsifal Bassi
Music byPietro Clausetti
Production
company
Elios Film
Distributed byEFFEBI
Release date
  • March 1934 (1934-03)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Cardinal Lambertini (Italian: Il cardinale Lambertini) is a 1934 Italian historical comedy film directed by Parsifal Bassi and starring Ermete Zacconi, Isa Miranda and Giulietta De Riso.[1] It is based on the 1905 play of the same name by Alfredo Testoni, the title role of which Zacconi had played for many years on stage. The film was remade in 1954 starring Gino Cervi.

It was shot at the Bovisa Studios in Milan. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otha Sforza.

Synopsis

Shortly before he became Pope Benedict XIV, Cardinal Lambertini has to mediate between the Spanish forces occupying Bologna and local nobility who bitterly resent them.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Mancini p.87

Bibliography

  • Mancini, Elaine. Struggles of the Italian Film Industry During Fascism, 1930-1935. UMI Research Press, 1985.

Cardinal Lambertini at IMDb


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