Steel (Italian: Acciaio) is a 1933 Italian drama film directed by Walter Ruttmann and starring Piero Pastore, Isa Pola and Vittorio Bellaccini. The film was shot on location at the steel mills in Terni in Umbria.[1] It was based on the novel Giuoca, Pietro! by Luigi Pirandello. With its semi-documentary style it was one of a number of films made in the Fascist era that serve as a precursor to Italian neorealism which emerged in the mid-1940s.[2]

Steel
Directed byWalter Ruttmann
Written byLuigi Pirandello (novel)
Stefano Landi
Mario Soldati
Emilio Cecchi
Walter Ruttmann
Produced byEmilio Cecchi
Baldassarre Negroni
StarringPiero Pastore
Isa Pola
Vittorio Bellaccini
Alfredo Polveroni
CinematographyDomenico Scala
Massimo Terzano
Edited byGiuseppe Fatigati
Walter Ruttmann
Music byGian Francesco Malipiero
Production
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Distributed byCinès-Pittaluga
Release date
  • 31 March 1933 (1933-03-31)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Synopsis

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Two steelworkers engage in a violent rivalry over a woman.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bondanella p.27
  2. ^ Bondanella p.26-27

Bibliography

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  • Bondanella, Peter. A History of Italian Cinema. Continuum, 2009.
  • Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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