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Directed by | Carlo Campogalliani |
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Produced by | Giuliano Simonetti |
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Cinematography | Bitto Albertini |
Edited by | Carlo Campogalliani |
Music by | Carlo Innocenzi |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
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Language | Italian |
Captain Falcon (Italian: Capitan Fuoco, lit. 'Captain Fire') is a 1958 French-Italian adventure film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Lex Barker, Rossana Rory, and Massimo Serato. It has also been called a costume drama. The film is set in thirteenth century Italy where a tyrannical baron is confronted by a Robin Hood-style outlaw.[1][2]
Synopsis
An action-packed story of two rival Italian Dukedoms and how they are brought together on peaceful terms by a rebel soldier who at the same time finds fame and romance.
Cast
- Lex Barker as Pietro, detto Capitan Fuoco
- Rossana Rory as Elena di Roccalta
- Massimo Serato as Baron Oddo di Serra
- Anna Maria Ferrero as Anna
- Paul Muller as Rusca
- Carla Calò as Teresa
- Herbert A.E. Böhme as Count Gualtiero di Roccalta
- Dante Maggio as Civetta
- Piero Lulli as Lupo
- Livio Lorenzon as Captain Manfredo
- Luigi Cimara as Eremit
- Furio Meniconi
- Mario Meniconi
- Umberto Fiz
- Andrea Scotti
- Luigi Tosi
- Gino Scotti
- Luigi Guasco
- Lilly Furia
- Tonino Stoppa
References
- ^ Harty, p. 45.
- ^ Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-4766-2704-5.
Bibliography
- Harty, Kevin J. (1999). The Reel Middle Ages: American, Western and Eastern European, Middle Eastern and Asian Films About Medieval Europe. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-2657-7.
External links
Categories:
- 1958 films
- 1950s historical adventure films
- Italian historical adventure films
- French historical adventure films
- 1950s Italian-language films
- Films directed by Carlo Campogalliani
- Films set in the 13th century
- 1950s Italian films
- 1950s French films
- Italian-language French films
- Films scored by Carlo Innocenzi
- 1950s Italian film stubs
- Adventure film stubs
- Historical film stubs