Red Seal (film)

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Red Seal
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Directed by Flavio Calzavara
Written by Giuseppe Zucca
Giuseppe Mangione
Flavio Calzavara
Produced by Eugenio Fontana
Starring Gino Cervi
Carla Del Poggio
Adriano Rimoldi
Cinematography Giuseppe Caracciolo
Edited by Giancarlo Cappelli
Music by Franco Casavola
Production
company
Produzioni Fontana
Distributed by ENIC
Regionale
Release date
1950
Running time
91 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Red Seal (Italian: Sigillo rosso) is a 1950 Italian crime film directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Gino Cervi, Carla Del Poggio and Adriano Rimoldi. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. It was not a commercial success, earning around 28 million lira at the box office. [2]

Synopsis

After her only son is killed fighting during the Second World War, an elderly widow turns her home into a boarding house to make ends meet. Several of the guests are hunting for a mysterious document, bound with a red seal, entrusted to her by her son.

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References

  1. Milano-Firenze, Mo-Net s r l. "Sigillo rosso (1950)". mymovies.it. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  2. Chiti & Poppi p.336

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