Don Cesare di Bazan explained

Don Cesare di Bazan
Director:	Riccardo Freda
Producer:	Riccardo Freda
Screenplay:	Sergio Amidei Vitaliano Brancati Riccardo Freda Cesare Zavatini Giacomo Debenedetti
Starring:	Gino Cervi Anneliese Uhlig Paolo Stoppa Enrico Glori
Music:	Franco D'Achiardi
Cinematography:	Mario Craveri
Editing:	Rolando Benedetti
Studio:	Elica Artisti Associati
Distributor:	Artisti Associati
Runtime:	77 minutes
Country:	Italy

Don Cesare di Bazan is a 1942 Italian historical adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Gino Cervi, Anneliese Uhlig and Paolo Stoppa.^[1] The film is set during the Catalan Revolt of the Seventeenth century. It is based on a play by Philippe Dumanoir and Adolphe d'Ennery. It marked the directoral debut of Freda who went on to be a leading commercial Italian filmmaker.^[2]

Cast

Gino Cervi as Don Cesare di Bazan
Anneliese Uhlig as Renée Dumas
Paolo Stoppa as Sancho
Enrico Glori as Il visconte di Beaumont
Enzo Biliotti as Filippo IV
Giovanni Grasso as Don José di Nogueira
Carlo Duse as Il "Corvo", il messagero del visconte
Antonio Marietti as Il giovane conte, il finto attore
Alfredo Robert as Pasquale Cornalis, il capocomico
Sandrino Moreno as Il bambino
Anna Maria Dionisi as La cameriera di Renée
- Ermanno Donati as Velasquez Antonio Acqua as Il capitano Ribera
Armando Francioli as Un nobile cavaliere
Alfredo Martinelli as Un nobile cospiratore
Angelo Dessy as Il cospiratore che provoca il duello
Pietro Tordi as Uno dei finti attori
Cellio Bucchi as Il duca di Orovesa
Umberto Sclanizza as Il taverniere
Evaristo Signorini as Un altro nobile cospiratore

DonCesare di Bazan was released in Italy on 4 October 1942 where it was distributed by Artisti Associati.

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