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Bengasi is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Fosco Giachetti, Maria von Tasnady and Amedeo Nazzari.[1] The film was shot at Cinecittà in Rome. The film was a propaganda work,[2] designed to support the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. It portrays Allied atrocities in "Bengasi Italiana",[3] such as the murder of a peasant by a group of drunken Australian soldiers.[4]

Bengasi
Tasnady and Giachetti in a film scene
Directed by	Augusto Genina
Written by	Edoardo Anton Ugo Betti Alessandro De Stefani Augusto Genina
Produced by	Carlo Bassoli Renato Bassoli
Starring	Fosco Giachetti Maria von Tasnady Amedeo Nazzari Vivi Gioi
Cinematography	Aldo Tonti
Edited by	Fernando Tropea
Music by	Antonio Veretti
Production company	Film Bassoli
Distributed by	Cine Tirrenia
Release date	5 September 1942 (1942-09-05)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

It was presented at the Venice Film Festival and won the Mussolini Cup as the best Italian film while Fosco Giachetti won the best actor award. It proved popular with audiences, and was re-released in 1955 with some new scenes added.[4]

Plot

The film is set in 1941 during the Second World War, when the city of Benghazi in Italian-ruled Libya was occupied by British forces. Italian inhabitants of Benghazi work to resist the British and discover their military plans. One man, Filippo Colleoni, appears to be collaborating with the British but is in fact working undercover for Italian intelligence. The film ends with the city being recaptured by Italian troops and their Nazi German allies.

Main cast

• Fosco Giachetti as Captain Enrico Berti
• Maria De Tasnady as Carla Berti
• Amedeo Nazzari as Filippo Colleoni
• Vivi Gioi as Giuliana
• Guido Notari as Italian podestà in Benghazi
• Carlo Tamberlani as Giovanni Galassi
• Leo Garavaglia [es; it] as doctor Malpini
• Laura Redi [it] as Maria ('Fanny')
• Fedele Gentile as Antonio
• Amelia Bissi as Giovanni's mother
• Giorgio Costantini as General Robertson
• Guglielmo Sinaz as Tropeoli
• Carlo Duse as Captain Marchi
• Pier Giorgio Heliczer as Sandrino Berti

References

External links

• Bengasi at IMDb
• Summary

На других языках

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[de] Bengasi (Film)

Bengasi ist ein italienischer Kriegs- und Propagandafilm von Augusto Genina, der zum Ruhme italienisch-deutscher Waffenbrüderschaft in Nordafrika 1942 gedreht wurde und die italienischen Kolonialansprüche südlich des Mittelmeers unterstreichen sollte. Die Hauptrolle spielt Fosco Giachetti. Seine Ehefrau spielte die Ungarin Maria von Tasnady. Der geplante deutsche Premierentitel war Bengasi – Das Schicksal einer Stadt, doch wurde dieser Film im Reich nie herausgebracht (siehe unten unter „Wissenswertes“).

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- [en] Bengasi (film)

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[ru] Бенгази (фильм)

«Бенгази» (итал. Bengasi) — итальянский военный пропагандистский художественный фильм 1942 года, снятый режиссёром Аугусто Дженина на студии «Чинечитта» в Риме.

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