The Fornaretto of Venice

The Fornaretto of Venice
Directed by	Duilio Coletti
Written by	Francesco Dall'Ongaro (play) Luciano Doria Tomaso Smith Duilio Coletti
Produced by	Vittorio Vassarotti
Starring	Roberto Villa Elsa De Giorgi Clara Calamai Osvaldo Valenti
Cinematography	Jan Stallich
Edited by	Maria Rosada
Music by	Piero Giorgi
Production company	Vi-Va Film
Distributed by	Artisti Associati
Release date	23 October 1939 (1939-10-23)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Fornaretto of Venice (Italian : Il fornaretto di Venezia) is a 1939 Italian historical drama film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Roberto Villa, Elsa De Giorgi and Clara Calamai. ^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1846 play of the same title by Francesco Dall'Ongaro, which has been adapted into films on several occasions. It was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome.

Cast

• Roberto Villa as Piero Tasca, il Fornaretto
• Elsa De Giorgi as Annetta
• Clara Calamai as Olimpia Zeno
• Osvaldo Valenti as Alvise Duodo
• Enrico Glori as Lorenzo Loredano
• Gero Zambuto as Tasca, il fornaio
• Carlo Tamberlani as Mocenigo
• Letizia Bonini as Elena Loredano
• Ermanno Roveri as Tonin
• Renato Chiantoni as Il sarto testimone al processo
• Pietro Germi as Frate domenicano
• Cesare Polacco as Barnaba
• Stefano Sibaldi as Il parucchiere di Elena
• Mario Ersanilli
• Carlo Mariotti
• Cesare Zoppetti

References

1. Forgacs & Gundle p.162

Bibliography

• Forgacs, David & Gundle, Stephen. Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War. Indiana University Press, 2007.

External links

• The Fornaretto of Venice at IMDb