The Count of Saint Elmo

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The Count of Saint Elmo
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Directed by Guido Brignone
Written by
Produced byMario Bisi
Leopoldo Imperiali
Alberto Giacalone
Ignazio Luceri
Starring
Cinematography Augusto Tiezzi
Edited by Jolanda Benvenuti
Music by Armando Fragna
Production
company
Distributed byItala Film
Release date
1950
Running time
92 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

The Count of Saint Elmo (Italian: Il Conte di Sant'Elmo) is a 1950 historical adventure film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Massimo Serato, Anna Maria Ferrero and Tino Buazzelli. [1] It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti.

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Plot

On the way to perform at the opera in Naples, a famous singer is accosted by an outlaw leader who then proceeds to let her go with robbing anything. Later she believes she recognises the man as the Count of Sant'Elmo, although he indignantly denies this. She later discovers that he is in fact the leader of band of Carbonari fighting for Italian unification, battling the local chief of police Baron Cassano.

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References

  1. Chiti & Poppi p.103-4

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