The Queen of Navarre (Italian: La regina di Navarra) is a 1942 Italian "white-telephones" historical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Elsa Merlini, Gino Cervi and Renato Cialente.[1] It was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome, based on a play by Eugène Scribe. The film portrays a series of intrigues at the Madrid court of Charles V in the Sixteenth century.
| The Queen of Navarre | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
| Written by | Eugène Scribe (play) Gherardo Gherardi Sergio Amidei Giacomo De Benedetti Carmine Gallone |
| Produced by | Raffaele Colamonici |
| Starring | Elsa Merlini Gino Cervi Renato Cialente Leonardo Cortese |
| Cinematography | Arturo Gallea |
| Edited by | Niccolò Lazzari |
| Music by | Franco Casavola |
Production company | Juventus Film |
| Distributed by | ENIC |
Release date |
|
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Cast
edit- Elsa Merlini as Margherita di Valois
- Gino Cervi as Carlo Vº
- Renato Cialente as Francesco Iº
- Leonardo Cortese as Enrico D'albret
- Clara Calamai as Isabella del Portogallo
- Paolo Stoppa as Il corriere Babieca
- Valentina Cortese as Eleonora d'Austria
- Nerio Bernardi as Il marchese di Gattinara
- Greta Gonda as Conchita Babieca
- Margherita Bagni as La duchessa di Ossuna
- Wanda Capodaglio as Una dama di corte
- Oreste Fares as Il sacerdote
- Enzo Musumeci Greco as Il maestro di scherma
- Adriano Vitale as Un messagero
References
edit- ^ Nowell-Smith, Hay & Volpi p.57
Bibliography
edit- Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey & Hay, James & Volpi, Gianni. The Companion to Italian Cinema. Cassell, 1996.
External links
edit
 | This article related to an Italian film of the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |