Dagli Appennini alle Ande (1943 film)

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Dagli Appennini alle Ande
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Barbetti and Gloria in a film scene
Directed by Flavio Calzavara
Screenplay byFlavio Calzavara
Italo Cremona
Gian Paolo Callegari
Based on Heart
by Edmondo De Amicis
Produced byMario Borghi
Starring Cesare Barbetti
Leda Gloria
Cinematography Giovanni Vitrotti
Edited by Ignazio Ferronetti
Music by Franco Casavola
Release date
  • 12 February 1943 (1943-02-12)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Dagli Appennini alle Ande is a 1943 Italian drama film directed by Flavio Calzavara, starring Cesare Barbetti, Leda Gloria, Nino Pavese, Margherita Del Plata and Cesco Baseggio. It tells the story of the young boy Marco who secretly embarks from Genoa to reach his mother in Argentina. The film is based on the story with the same title from Edmondo De Amicis's book Heart . [1] The story has been adapted for film multiple times both before and after. [2]

The film was released in Italian cinemas on 12 February 1943. [3]

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References

  1. "Dagli Appennini alle Ande". Rivista del cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  2. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. 1999. p. 110.
  3. "Dagli Appennini alle Ande". Movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-04-02.