''When the Angels Sleep'' (Spanish: ''Cuando los ángeles duermen'') is a 1947 Spanish-Italian

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directed by Ricardo Gascón and starring

Amedeo Nazzari Amedeo Nazzari (10 December 1907 in Cagliari – 5 November 1979 in Rome) was an Italian actor. Nazzari was one of the leading figures of Italian classic cinema, often considered a local variant of the Australian–American star Errol Flynn. Al ...

Clara Calamai Clara Calamai (7 September 1909 – 21 September 1998) was an Italian actress. She was one of the most famous and popular Italian actresses in the 1930s and 1940s, sharing the limelight with actresses such as Alida Valli, Valentina Cortese, an ...

and Maria Eugénia. In Italian the film's title is '' Quando gli angeli dormono''.Lancia p.102-03

Cast

as Blin *

as Elena * Maria Eugénia as Bianca *

Silvia Morgan Silvia Morgan (1923–2009) was a Spanish film actress.Moore p.267 Selected filmography * ''Gentleman Thief A gentleman thief, gentleman burglar, lady thief, or phantom thief is a stock character in fiction. A gentleman or lady thief is char ...

as Susana * Ana Farra as Paulina * Mona Tarridas * Gina Montes as Bárbara * Camino Garrigó as Braulia * Pedro Mascaró as Oriol * Alfonso Estela as Lalio *

Modesto Cid Modesto Cid (25 March 1879 – 5 July 1954) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 67 films between 1933 and 1954. Selected filmography * '' The Wildcat'' (1936) * ''Gentleman Thief'' (1946) * ''When the Angels Sleep'' (1947) * ''Unexpe ...

as Bonifacio * Carlos Agostí as Emilio * Arturo Cámara as Carmona * Rafael Luis Calvo as Ventura *

Fernando Sancho Fernando Sancho Les (7 January 1916 – 31 July 1990) was a Spanish actor. Biography He was born in Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain on 7 January 1916 and died at Hospital Militar Gómez Ulla in Madrid on 31 July 1990 from a liver failure during o ...

as Peral * Jorge Morales as Víctor * César Pombo as Hurtado * Luis Villasiul as Cura Riévana * Enriqueta Villasiul as Dora *

Félix Dafauce Félix Dafauce (13 November 1896 – 5 October 1990) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1925 and 1987. He was born and died in Madrid, Spain. Selected filmography * ''When the Angels Sleep'' (1947) * ''Dawn of Ame ...

as Chas * Alberto Vialis

References

Bibliography

* de España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films''. Greenwood Press, 1994. * Lancia, Enrico. ''Amedeo Nazzari''. Gremese Editore, 1983.

External links

* 1947 films 1947 drama films Spanish drama films Italian drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films based on Spanish novels Films directed by Ricardo Gascón Italian black-and-white films Spanish black-and-white films 1940s Italian films 1940s Spanish films Spanish-language drama films Spanish-language Italian films {{1940s-Spain-film-stub