''Luciano Serra, Pilot'' (Italian: ''Luciano Serra pilota'') is a 1938 Italian
war
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drama film
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directed by
Goffredo Alessandrini and starring
Amedeo Nazzari,
Germana Paolieri
Germana Paolieri (29 August 1906 – 8 August 1998) was an Italian actress. During the 1930s she became a leading lady of Italian cinema appearing in major films such as the 1938 biopic ''Giuseppe Verdi''.
Selected filmography
* '' The Opera ...
and
Roberto Villa.
It was screened at the
Venice Film Festival
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in August 1938, where it was awarded the
Mussolini Cup for Best Italian Film. It was considered the defining film of Nazzari's career, establishing him as the leading male star in Italy.
The film's
assistant director
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Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such ...
supervised the shooting of footage
on location in
North Africa
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.
[Bondanella p.27] Rossellini made his own directorial debut three years later with ''
The White Ship'', and went on to become a leading Italian filmmaker.
Cast
*
Amedeo Nazzari as Luciano Serra
*
Germana Paolieri
Germana Paolieri (29 August 1906 – 8 August 1998) was an Italian actress. During the 1930s she became a leading lady of Italian cinema appearing in major films such as the 1938 biopic ''Giuseppe Verdi''.
Selected filmography
* '' The Opera ...
as Sandra Serra
*
Roberto Villa as Aldo Serra
*
Mario Ferrari as Colonel Franco Morelli
*
Beatrice Mancini as Bice Mancinotti
*
Egisto Olivieri as Nardini
*
Guglielmo Sinaz as José Ribera
*
Andrea Checchi
Andrea Checchi (21 October 1916 – 29 March 1974) was a prolific Italian film actor.
Biography
Born in Florence, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974. The son of a painter ...
as Lieutenant Binelli
* Felice Romano as Mario
*
Oscar Andriani as the Military Chaplain
*
Nico Pepe
Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981.
Selected filmography
* '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936)
* '' The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940)
* '' Captain Frac ...
as the Count
* Olivia Fried as Dorothy Thompson
*
Silvio Bagolini as the Club Member
*
Felice Minotti as Andrea
References
Bibliography
* Bondanella, Peter. ''A History of Italian Cinema''. Continuum, 2011.
* Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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1937 films
Italian war drama films
Italian black-and-white films
1930s war drama films
1930s Italian-language films
Films directed by Goffredo Alessandrini
Italian aviation films
1937 drama films
1930s Italian films
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