''Chief Saetta'' (Italian: ''Caporal Saetta'') is a 1924 Italian

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adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, a ...

directed by

Eugenio Perego Eugenio Perego (1876–1944) was an Italian film director of the silent era. During the 1920s he directed a number of comedy films starring Leda Gys.Abel p.292 Selected filmography * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1913) * '' The Railway Owner'' (1919) ...

and starring

Domenico Gambino Domenico Gambino (17 May 1890 – 17 April 1968) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. Gambino played Saetta, one of the rival strongman heroes to Maciste. Saetta had his own series of films during the early 1920s. He directed ...

and

Pauline Polaire Pauline Polaire (stage name of Giulietta Gozzi) was an Italian actress. Giuletta Gozzi was born in Ravenna, Italy, on 30 June 1904. She was the niece of the Italian actress Hesperia, née Olga Mambelli. She died in Rome on 11 February 1986. Th ...

. It was part of a series featuring Gambino as the strongman Saetta. Produced by Fert Film of

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, it still exists in

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s.Reich p.276

Cast

* Liliana Ardea *

Augusto Bandini Augusto Bandini (born 1889) was an Italian film actor.Dalle Vacche p.268 He appeared in more than forty productions, the majority of them during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Emperor Maciste'' (1924) * '' Maciste's American Nephew'' ...

Oreste Bilancia Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. Born in Catania, Sicily he was a star of Italian films in the silent era. He worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany which had the largest European film indus ...

Felice Minotti Felice Minotti (19 November 1887 – 21 March 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 91 films between 1908 and 1963. Selected filmography * '' The Revenge of Maciste'' (1921) * '' Maciste on Vacation'' (1921) * '' The House of Pulc ...

Franz Sala Franz Sala (1886–1952) was an Italian film actor who appeared in over seventy films, mostly during the silent era. As his acting career wound down, he began to work as a makeup artist often credited as Francesco Sala. In some of his earliest ...

Domenico Serra Domenico Serra (1899–1965) was an Italian stage and film actor. He made more than sixty films, many of them during the silent era including Mario Bonnard's historical film '' The Betrothed'' (1923).Goble p.305 In the sound era, he largely ...

References

Bibliography

* Jacqueline Reich. ''The Maciste Films of Italian Silent Cinema''. Indiana University Press, 2015.

External links

* 1924 films Italian adventure films Italian silent feature films 1920s Italian-language films Films directed by Eugenio Perego 1924 adventure films Italian black-and-white films Silent adventure films 1920s Italian films {{Italy-silent-film-stub