Condottieri (film)

1937 film

Condottieri

Luis Trenker, as Giovanni de' Medici

Directed by| Luis Trenker
Written by| Kurt Heuser
Mirko Jelusich
Luis Trenker
Starring| Luis Trenker
Loris Gizzi
Laura Nucci
Carla Sveva [fr; it]
Cinematography| Walter Hege
Carlo Montuori
Klaus von Rautenfeld
Edited by| Giorgio Simonelli
Music by| Giuseppe Becce

Production
company

ENIC

Distributed by| ENIC

Release date

* 1937 (1937)

Running time

| 88 minutes
Country| Italy
Language| Italian

Condottieri is a 1937 Italian historical drama film directed by Luis Trenker and starring Trenker, Loris Gizzi and Laura Nucci. It portrays the life of Giovanni de' Medici, a celebrated condottiere of the sixteenth century. A separate German-language version was also made.

The film received 9.6 million lire of funding from the Italian government,[1] as part of a major drive by the Fascist authorities to develop the Italian film industry (which also involved the construction of the large Cinecittà complex in Rome). Along with Scipio Africanus, the film was an attempt to harness history to support the Fascist regime's current policies. Condottieri drew parallels between the dictator Benito Mussolini and the historical figure of de' Medici, portraying both as unifying Italy.[2] The film's elaborate sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi and Erich Grave, while Herbert Ploberger produced the costumes.

## Cast

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* Luis Trenker as Giovanni de' Medici
* Loris Gizzi as Malatesta
* Laura Nucci as Tullia delle Grazie
* Carla Sveva [fr; it] as Maria Salviati
* Ethel Maggi [it] as Caterina Sforza
* Mario Ferrari as Cesare Borgia
* Angelo Ferrari
* Giulio Cirino as Rüschli
* Sandro Dani as D'Argentière
* Tito Gobbi as Nino
* Augusto Marcacci as Daniello
* Nino Marchetti as Corrado
* Lando Muzio [it] as Pedro
* Ernesto Nannicini
* Umberto Sacripante as Sanzio
* Carlo Tamberlani as Duke of Urbino
* Gino Viotti as Pope
* Giuseppe Addobbati as Duke of Imola
* Friedl Trenker as Giovanni
* Oreste Bilancia
* Alberto Emmerich
* Carlo Fontana
* Tullio Galvani
* Luis Gerold as Barbo
* Alberto Minoprio
* Carlo Simoneschi
* Virgilio Botti
* Mara Danieli
* Claudio Ermelli
* Carlo Duse

## See also

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* The Violent Patriot (1956)
* The Profession of Arms (2001)

## References

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1. ^ Ricci, Steven (2008). Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society. University of California Press. p. 90\. ISBN 978-0520253568. JSTOR 10.1525/j.ctt1pnk7q.
2. ^ Gundle, Stephen (201). Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books. p. 24\. ISBN 1782382445. JSTOR j.ctt9qcw3n.

## External links

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* Condottieri at IMDb

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Luis Trenker

Films directed|

* The Son of the White Mountain (1930)
* Mountains on Fire (1931)
* The Rebel (1932)
* The Prodigal Son (1934)
* Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936)
* Condottieri (1937)
* The Mountain Calls (1938)
* Love Letters from Engadin (1938)
* The Challenge (1938)
* The Fire Devil (1940)
* Barrier to the North (1950)
* Escape to the Dolomites (1955)
* His Best Friend (1962)

Novels|

* Captain Ladurner (1940)

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* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* France
* BnF data

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