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The Ferocious Saladin

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The Ferocious Saladin
Angelo Musco and Alida Valli
Directed byMario Bonnard
Written byEttore Maria Margadonna
Gino Rocca
Mario Bonnard
StarringAngelo Musco
Alida Valli
Lino Carenzio
Mario Mazza
CinematographyCarlo Montuori
Edited byEraldo Da Roma
Music byGiulio Bonnard
Production
company
Capitani Film
Distributed byGeneralcine
Release date
  • 28 August 1937 (1937-08-28)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Ferocious Saladin (Italian: Il feroce Saladino) is a 1937 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Angelo Musco, Alida Valli and Lino Carenzio. The film was made at Cinecittà in Rome. On 28 April 1937, Benito Mussolini visited the newly completed studio. Along with the historical epic Scipio Africanus, this was one of the films he saw being made.[1] The film, a vehicle for the Sicilian comedian Angelo Musco, is about an unsuccessful old comedian forced to find another work. While he is selling cakes in a theatre, the audience discover the highly sought-after collectible cards of "The Ferocious Saladin". Inspired by the event, the comedian sets up a successful comic piece on stage.

The film's sets were designed by art director Alfredo Montori.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Gundle p.22

Bibliography

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  • Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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