| Lieutenant Giorgio | |
| Director: | Raffaello Matarazzo |
| Producer: | Leo Cevenini Dino De Laurentiis Vittorio Martino Carlo Ponti |
| Starring: | Massimo Girotti Milly Vitale Paul Muller |
| Music: | Salvatore Allegra |
| Cinematography: | Carlo Montuori |
| Editing: | Mario Serandrei |
| Studio: | Flora Film Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica |
| Distributor: | Variety Distribution |
| Runtime: | 104 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
Lieutenant Giorgio (Italian: Il Tenente Giorgio) is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Massimo Girotti, Milly Vitale and Paul Muller.[1] [2] It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and on location around San Giovanni in Fiore in Calabria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.
In 1866 during the Risorgimento, an infantry lieutenant in Calabria fighting bandits is brought to a castle. There it is arranged for him to spend the night with a young woman, whose identity is concealed from him. Unknown to him, she is the daughter of an aristocratic family whose husband has failed to get her pregnant. Years, later, having left the army, the officer returns to the area still intrigued by the mysterious woman.