Captain Tempest

Captain Tempest
Directed byCorrado D'Errico
Written byAlessandro De Stefani
Omar Salgari
Based onCaptain Tempesta by Emilio Salgari
Produced byFranco Magli
StarringDoris Duranti
Dina Sassoli
Carlo Ninchi
CinematographyMassimo Terzano
Otello Martelli
Edited byEraldo Da Roma
Music byAmedeo Escobar
Production
company
Distributed byScalera Film
CIFESA
Release date
  • 28 January 1942 (1942-01-28)
Running time
85 minutes
CountriesItaly
Spain
LanguageItalian

Captain Tempest (Italian: Capitan Tempesta) is a 1942 Italian-Spanish historical adventure film directed by Corrado D'Errico and starring Doris Duranti, Dina Sassoli and Carlo Ninchi.[1][2] It is an adaptation of the 1905 novel of the same title by Emilio Salgari set during the Ottoman–Venetian War. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav Abel and Amleto Bonetti. It was followed by a sequel The Lion of Damascus the same year.

Synopsis

During the 1571 Siege of Famagusta the city is staunchly defended by Leonora, the daughter of the governor. She manages to infiltrate the fortress of the besieging army where Venetian prisoners including her fiancée Marcello are being tortured under the control of the villainess Haradia.

Cast

References

  1. ^ De Pau & Torello p.10
  2. ^ Curti p.22

Bibliography

  • Curti, Roberto. Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland, 2017.
  • De Pau, Daniela & Torello, Georgina (ed.) Watching Pages, Reading Pictures: Cinema and Modern Literature in Italy. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.


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