Cavalry (Italian: Cavalleria) is a 1936 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Elisa Cegani and Luigi Carini. The film marked Nazzari's first role as a lead actor, after making his film debut the previous year. It was a box office success and established some of his personal traits that would be brought out even more clearly in his breakthrough role Luciano Serra, Pilot (1938).[1]
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Directed by | Goffredo Alessandrini |
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Cinematography | Václav Vích |
Edited by | Giorgio Simonelli |
Music by | Enzo Masetti |
Production company | ICI |
Distributed by | Lux Film |
Release date | 23 October 1936 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Umberto Solaro, a young cavalry officer, falls in love with a Piedmont Count's daughter. They develop a romantic attachment, but she marries an Austrian baron under family pressure. After his horse dies in an accident during a completion, Solaro transfers into the newly formed Italian Air Force. He falls heroically in combat during the First World War.
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