''Giacomo the Idealist'' () is a 1943 Italian

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directed by

Alberto Lattuada Mario Alberto Lattuada (; 13 November 1914 – 3 July 2005) was an Italian film director. Career Lattuada was born in Vaprio d'Adda, the son of composer Felice Lattuada. He was initially interested in literature, becoming, while still a studen ...

and starring

Massimo Serato Massimo Serato (born Giuseppe Segato; 31 May 1917 – 22 December 1989) was an Italian film actor with a career spanning over 40 years. Biography Serato was born in Oderzo, Veneto, Italy and started appearing in films in 1938. He played leading ...

Marina Berti Elena Maureen Bertolino (29 September 1924 – 29 October 2002), known professionally as Marina Berti, was an Italian film actress. She was born in London from an Italian father and an English mother. Biography Her first screen appearance was ...

and

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, he s ...

.Moliterno p.267 It represents the directorial debut of Lattuada. It is based on the novel with the same name by Emilio De Marchi. It was shot at the Fert Studios in

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with sets designed by the

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Fulvio Jacchia. It belongs to the movies of the

calligrafismo ''Calligrafismo'' (; ) is an Italian style of filmmaking relating to some films made in Italy in the first half of the 1940s and endowed with an expressive complexity that isolates them from the general context. ''Calligrafismo'' is in a sharp co ...

style.

Cast

as Giacomo Lanzavecchia *

as Celestina *

as Giacinto Magnenzio *

Tina Lattanzi Tina Lattanzi (born Annunziata Concetta Costantini; 5 December 1897 – 25 October 1997) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography A native of Licenza and the daughter of Ercole Costantini and Geltrude Montori, Lattanzi began her acti ...

as Countess Cristina Magnenzio *

Armando Migliari Armando Migliari (29 April 1889 – 15 June 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1914 and 1965. Selected filmography * ''Cura di baci'' (1916) * ''I fioretti di San Francisco'' (1917) * ''La moglie scacciata' ...

as Mr. Mangano *

Giacinto Molteni Giacinto is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Giacinto Achilli (1803–1860), Italian Roman Catholic discharged from the priesthood for sexual misconduct * Giacinto Allegrini (born 1989), Italian professional fo ...

as Count Magnenzio * Giulio Tempesti as Don Lorenzo *

Attilio Dottesio Attilio Dottesio (16 July 1909 – 12 February 1989) was an Italian film character actor and singer. He appeared in 170 films between 1940 and 1985. Born in Brescia, Dottesio began his career in France, where first he obtained some success ...

as Battistella Lanzavecchia *

Domenico Viglione Borghese Domenico Viglione Borghese (13 July 1877 – 26 October 1957) was an Italian operatic baritone and actor. Early life Born in Mondovì, he gave up his studies in medicine to dedicate himself to the study of singing, first in Milan and later with ...

as Il padre di Giacomo * Silvia Leandri as Lisa, sorella di Giacomo

References

Bibliography

* Moliterno, Gino. ''Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1943 films Films directed by Alberto Lattuada 1943 drama films 1940s historical drama films Films based on Italian novels Italian black-and-white films 1940s Italian-language films 1943 directorial debut films 1940s Italian films Italian historical drama films Films set in the 1880s Italian-language historical drama films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub