The Devil's Gondola

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The Devil's Gondola
The Devil's Gondola Gondola-del-diavolo.jpg
Directed by Carlo Campogalliani
Written by
Produced by Paolo Leoni
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by Eraldo Da Roma
Music by Umberto Mancini
Production
company
Distributed byScalera Film
Release date
  • 21 November 1946 (1946-11-21)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

The Devil's Gondola (Italian: La gondola del diavolo) is a 1946 Italian historical drama-crime film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Loredana, Carlo Lombardi, and Erminio Spalla. [1]

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Made by Scalera Films, it was shot at the Cinevillaggio Studios complex in Venice during the wartime Italian Social Republic. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Luigi Scaccianoce and Ottavio Scotti.

Synopsis

In the Venetian Republic a series of murders are carried out by a hooded man in black who always makes his escape through the city's waterways on a gondola.

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References

  1. Klossner p.103

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