CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
synopsis
In Pietro Mascagni's tragic opera, a soldier returns home from war to reclaim his former fiancée, only to find that she's married someone else in his absence, leading to jealousy, betrayal, and murder.
| original title: | Cavalleria rusticana |
| country: | Italy |
| year: | 1953 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Carmine Gallone |
| film run: | 80' |
| release date: | IT 12/1953, PT 25/02/1955, TR 03/1955, DE 07/04/1955, ES 26/07/1955, FR 23/01/1956, FI 23/03/1956, AT 04/1956, HU 07/05/1961 |
| screenplay: | Francesco De Feo, Basilio Franchina, Mario Monicelli |
| cast: | May Britt, Ettore Manni, Miriam Charrière a.k.a. Kerima, Anthony Quinn, Virginia Balestrieri, Umberto Spadaro, Grazia Spadaro, Tito Gobbi |
| cinematography by: | Riccardo Pallottini, Karl Struss |
| film editing: | Rolando Benedetti |
| art director: | Gastone Medin |
| costumes designer: | Gaia Romanini |
