Don Cesare di Bazan

Don Cesare di Bazan is a 1942 Italian historical adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Gino Cervi, Anneliese Uhlig and Paolo Stoppa. The film is set during the Catalan Revolt (1640–1659). 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.

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

Release

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

References

Bibliography

• Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
• Testa, Carlo. Italian Cinema and Modern European Literatures, 1945-2000. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002.

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