La tempesta (internationally released as Tempest) is a 1958 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It is based on A History of Pugachev (1834) and the 1836 novel The Captain's Daughter, both by Alexander Pushkin.[2] For this film Lattuada was awarded a David di Donatello for Best Director.[3]
| Tempest | |
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 Italian theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Alberto Lattuada |
| Written by | Alexander Pushkin (novel) Ivo Perilli Alberto Lattuada |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
| Starring | Silvana Mangano Van Heflin Viveca Lindfors Geoffrey Horne |
| Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
| Edited by | Otello Colangeli Henri Rust |
| Music by | Piero Piccioni |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France Yugoslavia |
| Languages | Italian English |
| Box office | $1.5 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1] |
Plot
editThis article needs a plot summary. (January 2023) |
Cast
edit- Silvana Mangano as Masha
- Van Heflin as Yemelyan Pugachev
- Viveca Lindfors as Catherine II
- Geoffrey Horne as Piotr Grinov
- Vittorio Gassman as Prosecutor
- Agnes Moorehead as Vassilissa Mironova
- Robert Keith as Capt. Mironov
- Oskar Homolka as Savelic
- Finlay Currie as Count Grinov
- Laurence Naismith as Maj. Zurin
- Helmut Dantine as Svabrin
- Fulvia Franco as Palaska
- Aldo Silvani as Pope Gerasim
- Claudio Gora as Minister of Caterine II
- Guido Celano as the farmer
- Cristina Gaioni as the young girl
References
edit- ^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34
- ^ Callisto Cosulich (1985). I Film di Alberto Lattuada. Gremese Editore, 1985. ISBN 8876051872.
- ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.
External links
edit- La tempesta at IMDb
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