The Giant of the Dolomites

The Giant of the Dolomites (Italian: Il gigante delle Dolomiti) is a 1927 Italian silent adventure film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Aldo Marus and Elena Lunda. It was the last in a series of silent films featuring the peplum hero Maciste, but the character was later revived in the 1960s.

The Giant of the Dolomites
Directed by	Guido Brignone
Written by	Guido Brignone
Starring	Bartolomeo Pagano Aldo Marus Elena Lunda Luigi Serventi
Cinematography	Massimo Terzano
Production company	Societa Anonima Stefano Pittaluga
Release date	20 January 1927 (1927-01-20)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Silent Italian intertitles

Cast

• Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste, la guida alpina
• Aldo Marus as Il nipotino Hans
• Elena Lunda as Vanna Dardos
• Dolly Grey as Maud, la pittrice
• Andrea Habay as Ing. Ewert
• Luigi Serventi as Müller, l'avventurieno
• Oreste Grandi as Schulz il contrabbandiere
• Felice Minotti
• Mario Saio
• Augusto Poggioli
• Augusto Bandini

Bibliography

• Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.
• Ricci, Steven. Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society, 1922–1943. University of California Press, 2008.

External links

• The Giant of the Dolomites at IMDb