Cavalry (1936 Italian film)

Cavalry (Italian: Cavalleria) is a 1936 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Elisa Cegani and Luigi Carini. The film marked Nazzari's first role as a lead actor, after making his film debut the previous year. It was a box office success and established some of his personal traits that would be brought out even more clearly in his breakthrough role Luciano Serra, Pilot (1938).

Cavalry
Nazzari in a film scene
Directed by	Goffredo Alessandrini
Written by	Salvatore Gotta Oreste Biancoli Fulvio Palmieri Aldo Vergano
Starring	Amedeo Nazzari Elisa Cegani Luigi Carini Mario Ferrari
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Edited by	Giorgio Simonelli
Music by	Enzo Masetti
Production company	ICI
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	23 October 1936 (1936-10-23)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Synopsis

Umberto Solaro, a young cavalry officer, falls in love with a Piedmont Count's daughter. They develop a romantic attachment, but she marries an Austrian baron under family pressure. After his horse dies in an accident during a completion, Solaro transfers into the newly formed Italian Air Force. He falls heroically in combat during the First World War.

Cast

• Amedeo Nazzari as Umberto Solaro
• Elisa Cegani as Speranza di Frassineto
• Luigi Carini as Speranza's father
• Mario Ferrari as Alberto Ponza
• Enrico Viarisio as Sottotenente Rolla
• Clara Padoa as Countess Clotilde, Speranza's mother
• Silvana Jachino as Carlotta di Frasseneto
• Adolfo Geri as Vittorio di Frasseneto
• Ernst Nadherny as Baron of Austria
• Anna Magnani as Fanny
• Nora D'Alba as Countess Sandi
• Silvio Bagolini as Attendant Bagolini
• Fausto Guerzoni as Other Attendant
• Oreste Fares as The Doctor
• Umberto Casilini as Member of the Union Circle
• Walter Grant as Superior Official
• Cecyl Tryan as Lady of Torino's Aristocracy
• Michele Malaspina as Cavalry Officer
• Albino Principe as Carlotta's Husband
• Rosina Adrario as Countess Adrari

Bibliography

• Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• Cavalry at IMDb