Men of the Mountain

Men of the Mountain (Italian: Quelli della montagna) is a 1943 Italian war drama film directed by Aldo Vergano and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Mariella Lotti and Mario Ferrari.[1] Along with The Three Hundred of the Seventh, it was one of a handful of films portraying the Alpini units of the Italian Army.

Men of the Mountain
Directed byAldo Vergano
Written by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byFernando Cerchio
Music byAnnibale Bizzelli
Production
companies
  • Lux Film
  • Associati Produttori Indipendenti Film
Distributed byLux Film
Release date
  • 15 March 1943 (1943-03-15)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vittorio Valentini.

Cast

  • Amedeo Nazzari as Il tenente Andrea Fontana
  • Mariella Lotti as La dottoressa Maria Algardi
  • Mario Ferrari as Il capitano Piero Sandri
  • Ori Monteverdi as Pina
  • Cesco Baseggio as Il maggiore
  • Nico Pepe as Il tenente medico Giordano
  • Nino Cobelli as Martorello
  • Giuseppe Pagliarini as Morticoni
  • Sennuccio Benelli as Varale
  • Walter Lazzaro as L'aiutante del maggiore

References

  1. Ben-Ghiat p.291

Bibliography

  • Ruth Ben-Ghiat. Italian Fascism's Empire Cinema. Indiana University Press, 2015.


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