Sicilian Uprising

Sicilian Uprising
Directed byGiorgio Pastina
Written by
Produced byGiuseppe D'Angelo
Starring
Music byEnzo Masetti
Production
companies
  • Epica
  • Safir
Distributed byFincine
Release date
  • 1949 (1949)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Sicilian Uprising or Sicilian Vespers (Italian: Vespro siciliano) is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Marina Berti, Clara Calamai and Roldano Lupi.[1] The film is set in 1282, showing the events leading up to the War of the Sicilian Vespers. It is based on the libretto of the Verdi opera I vespri siciliani, which was itself based on an earlier play written by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Gesù p.315

Bibliography

  • Gesù, Sebastiano. La Sicilia e il cinema. Giuseppe Maimone, 1993.
  • Aroldo Tieri e il Cinema. Pellegrini Editore, 2007.


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