''Cavalry'' () is a 1936 Italian

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directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari,

Elisa Cegani Elisa Cegani (11 June 1911 – 23 February 1996) was an Italian actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1935 and 1983. Partial filmography * '' Aldebaran'' (1935) - Nora Bandi * ''Cavalry'' (1936) - Speranza di Frassineto * '' The Counte ...

and Luigi Carini. The film marked Nazzari's first role as a lead actor, after making his film debut the previous year. It was a box office success and established some of his personal traits that would be brought out even more clearly in his breakthrough role '' Luciano Serra, Pilot'' (1938).Gundle p.187

Synopsis

Umberto Solaro, a young cavalry officer, falls in love with a

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Count's daughter. They develop a romantic attachment, but she marries an Austrian baron under family pressure. After his horse dies in an accident during a completion, Solaro transfers into the newly formed Italian Air Force. He falls heroically in combat during the

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Cast

* Amedeo Nazzari as Umberto Solaro *

as Speranza di Frassineto * Luigi Carini as Speranza's father * Mario Ferrari as Alberto Ponza * Enrico Viarisio as Sottotenente Rolla * Clara Padoa as Countess Clotilde, Speranza's mother * Silvana Jachino as Carlotta di Frasseneto * Adolfo Geri as Vittorio di Frasseneto * Ernst Nadherny as Baron of Austria * Anna Magnani as Fanny * Nora D'Alba as Countess Sandi * Silvio Bagolini as Attendant Bagolini * Fausto Guerzoni as Other Attendant * Oreste Fares as The Doctor * Umberto Casilini as Member of the Union Circle * Walter Grant as Superior Official * Cecyl Tryan as Lady of Torino's Aristocracy * Michele Malaspina as Cavalry Officer * Albino Principe as Carlotta's Husband * Rosina Adrario as Countess Adrari

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Bibliography

*Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013.

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* 1936 films 1936 drama films Italian drama films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Goffredo Alessandrini Italian black-and-white films Films set in Italy Films set in the 1900s Films set in the 1910s World War I aviation films Films about horses Lux Film films Films scored by Enzo Masetti World War I films set on the Italian Front 1930s Italian films Italian-language drama films {{1930s-Italy-film-stub

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