The Cavalier from Kruja

The Cavalier from Kruja
Directed by	Carlo Campogalliani
Written by	Alberto Grimaudo Carlo Malatesta Gian Gaspare Napolitano Alberto Spaini Aldo Vergano
Produced by	Liborio Capitani
Starring	Doris Duranti Antonio Centa Leda Gloria Guido Celano
Cinematography	Giorgio Orsini Aldo Tonti
Edited by	Mario Bonotti
Music by	Alberto Ghislanzoni
Production company	Produzione Capitani Film
Distributed by	ENIC
Release date	5 September 1940 (1940-09-05)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Cavalier from Kruja (Italian : Il cavaliere di Kruja) is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Doris Duranti, Antonio Centa and Leda Gloria. The film portrays the 1939 Italian invasion of Albania. ^[1] It was made as a propaganda work in support of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship.

Cast

• Antonio Centa as Stafano Andriani
• Doris Duranti as Eliana Haidar
• Leda Gloria as Alidjé
• Guido Celano as Hasslan Haidar
• Nico Pepe as Mario Marini
• Giuseppe Rinaldi as Essad Haidar
• Vasco Creti as Ilias Haidar
• Arnaldo Arnaldi as Mirko
• Oscar Andriani as Il capo della polizia
• Dino Di Luca as Osman
• Carlo Duse as Argiropulos
• Katiuscia Odinzova as Miss Parker
• Emilio Petacci as L'operaio italiano Ferrero
• Walter Lazzaro as Magnani
• Luigi Carini
• Noëlle Norman

References

1. Liehm p.29

Bibliography

• Liehm, Mira. Passion and Defiance: Film in Italy from 1942 to the Present. University of California Press, 1984.

External links

• The Cavalier from Kruja at IMDb