''At Sword's Edge'' (Italian ''A fil di spada'') is a 1952 Italian

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directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring

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, Milly Vitale and Pierre Cressoy.Lancia & Melelli p.113 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the

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and

Gianni Polidori Gianni Polidori (1923–1992) was an Italian art director. He designed the sets for several films by Michelangelo Antonioni.Chatman p.266-67 Selected filmography * '' Bellissima'' (1951) * '' Honeymoon Deferred'' (1951) * ''The Overcoat'' (1952) ...

Cast

as Don Ruy * Milly Vitale as Linda * Pierre Cressoy as Don Sebastiano *

Doris Duranti Doris Duranti (25 April 1917 – 10 March 1995) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 43 films between 1935 and 1975. She had a years-long affair with Alessandro Pavolini, a Fascist politician who in 1945 was executed by Italian parti ...

as Columba *

Franca Marzi Franca Marzi (18 August 1926 – 6 March 1989) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1943 and 1977. Life and career Born in Rome as Francesca Marsi, after working in the revue, Marzi made her film debut in her early ...

as Rita * Nando Bruno as Bruno *

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as Don Hernando * Arturo Bragaglia as Marzarillo * John Kitzmiller *

Enrico Glori Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from ''Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Henri ( French), ...

as Miguel * Jone Morino * Ugo Sasso * Anthony La Penna * Luciana Vedovelli * Antonio Chinnici *

Ignazio Leone Ignazio Leone (19 April 1923 – 30 December 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1952 and 1976. Selected filmography * '' The Walk'' (1953) * ''I Chose Love'' (1953) * ''Amici per la pelle'' (1955) * '' A Woma ...

* Leonardo Bragaglia

References

Bibliography

* Enrico Lancia & Fabio Melelli. ''Attori stranieri del nostro cinema''. Gremese Editore, 2006.

External links

* 1952 films Italian historical films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia 1950s historical films Italian swashbuckler films Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub