The Canal of the Angels

The Canal of the Angels () is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Pasinetti and starring Maurizio D'Ancora, Anna Ariani and Ugo Gracci. The film is shot in semi-documentary style. In a poor neighborhood of Venice, a young boy becomes aware of his mother's adultery.

Along with a number of other films of the 1930s, it has elements which are a precursor to the emergence of Italian neorealism in the mid-1940s.

Cast

• Maurizio D'Ancora as Il 'Capitano'
• Anna Ariani as Anna
• Ugo Gracci as Daniele
• Nina Simonetti as Gina
• Aldo Rinaldi as Aldo
• Pino Locchi as The Child
• Mara Dussia
• Otello Toso

References

Bibliography

• Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.

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