Lieutenant Giorgio

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Lieutenant Giorgio
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Directed by Raffaello Matarazzo
Written by Aldo De Benedetti
Produced by Leo Cevenini
Dino De Laurentiis
Vittorio Martino
Carlo Ponti
Starring Massimo Girotti
Milly Vitale
Paul Muller
Cinematography Carlo Montuori
Edited by Mario Serandrei
Music by Salvatore Allegra
Production
companies
Flora Film
Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica
Distributed by Variety Distribution
Release date
  • October 1952 (1952-10)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Lieutenant Giorgio (Italian : Il Tenente Giorgio) is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Massimo Girotti, Milly Vitale and Paul Muller. [1] [2] It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and on location around San Giovanni in Fiore in Calabria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.

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Synopsis

In 1866 during the Risorgimento, an infantry lieutenant in Calabria fighting bandits is brought to a castle. There it is arranged for him to spend the night with a young woman, whose identity is concealed from him. Unknown to him, she is the daughter of an aristocratic family whose husband has failed to get her pregnant. Years, later, having left the army, the officer returns to the area still intrigued by the mysterious woman.

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References

  1. ↑ Aprà p.99
  2. ↑ Chiti & Poppi p.357

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