| Guarany | |
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| Directed by | Riccardo Freda |
| Screenplay by |
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| Story by | Riccardo Freda [1] |
| Produced by | Salvo D'Angelo [2] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Rodolfo Lombardi [1] |
| Edited by | Riccardo Freda [1] |
| Music by | Antônio Carlos Gomes [1] |
Production company | Universalia Film |
| Distributed by | Universalia Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes [1] |
| Country | Italy [1] |
Guarany is a 1950 Italian film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring António Vilar, Mariella Lotti and Gianna Maria Canale. [3] [4]
- António Vilar as Carlos Gomez
- Mariella Lotti as Lindita
- Gianna Maria Canale as Jacqueline
- Luigi Pavese as Papà Gomez
- Anita Vargas as Mamma Gomez that
- Andrea Forte as Carlos Gomez bambino
- Dante Maggio as Rossi
- Petr Sharov as Pietro Sharoff
In this period of Italian film history, the opera film was popular as audiences were desiring biopics of Italy's most famous composers. [4] Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti commented that "the lives of Verdi, Rossini, and Bellini offered not only entertainment, but also a reminder of the country's past glory as a popular antidote to the misery and squalor unearthed by Neorealism." [4] Director Riccardo Freda was set-up with the subject of Antônio Carlos Gomes, a Brazilian composer who was popular in Italy. [4] His best known work was the opera Il Guarany, based on the novel by Jose de Alencar. [4]
The film was a production by Universalia Film, a Catholic-oriented production company started in 1946. [4] [1] According to Piero Regnoli, who was the company's vice artistic manager at the time, Universalia had "about one billion lire at disposal-cash. It was the biggest production company [in Italy]." [4] Freda was friends with Salvo D'Angelo who was high up in the Universalia Film company, and stated he asked for a large sum of money to develop the film as he was uninterested in developing it, but was surprised when it was granted. [4]
Filming began on June 11, 1948 in Rome and after one week, the crew moved to Brazil to shoot on location there. [5]
Guarany was submitted to the Italian board of censors in November 1949. [6] 'Guarany was distributed theatrically in Italy by Universalia Film on 3 January 1950. [1] [2] The film grossed a total of 8,750,000 Italian lire domestically, which Curti described as being "virtually ignored by the public" [2] and being panned by critics on its release. [6] The film was popular in South America, where it earned Universallia and Gianna Maria Canale a lot of press. [6]
Curti stated in 2017 that Guarany was unavailable in any form, not even at Rome's Cineteca Nazionale. [6] A copy of the 303 page script remains. [5]
- Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387.
- Testa, Carlo (2002). Italian Cinema and Modern European Literatures, 1945-2000. Greenwood Publishing Group.
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| Guarany | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Riccardo Freda |
| Screenplay by |
|
| Story by | Riccardo Freda [1] |
| Produced by | Salvo D'Angelo [2] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Rodolfo Lombardi [1] |
| Edited by | Riccardo Freda [1] |
| Music by | Antônio Carlos Gomes [1] |
Production company | Universalia Film |
| Distributed by | Universalia Film |
Release date |
|
Running time | 87 minutes [1] |
| Country | Italy [1] |
Guarany is a 1950 Italian film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring António Vilar, Mariella Lotti and Gianna Maria Canale. [3] [4]
- António Vilar as Carlos Gomez
- Mariella Lotti as Lindita
- Gianna Maria Canale as Jacqueline
- Luigi Pavese as Papà Gomez
- Anita Vargas as Mamma Gomez that
- Andrea Forte as Carlos Gomez bambino
- Dante Maggio as Rossi
- Petr Sharov as Pietro Sharoff
In this period of Italian film history, the opera film was popular as audiences were desiring biopics of Italy's most famous composers. [4] Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti commented that "the lives of Verdi, Rossini, and Bellini offered not only entertainment, but also a reminder of the country's past glory as a popular antidote to the misery and squalor unearthed by Neorealism." [4] Director Riccardo Freda was set-up with the subject of Antônio Carlos Gomes, a Brazilian composer who was popular in Italy. [4] His best known work was the opera Il Guarany, based on the novel by Jose de Alencar. [4]
The film was a production by Universalia Film, a Catholic-oriented production company started in 1946. [4] [1] According to Piero Regnoli, who was the company's vice artistic manager at the time, Universalia had "about one billion lire at disposal-cash. It was the biggest production company [in Italy]." [4] Freda was friends with Salvo D'Angelo who was high up in the Universalia Film company, and stated he asked for a large sum of money to develop the film as he was uninterested in developing it, but was surprised when it was granted. [4]
Filming began on June 11, 1948 in Rome and after one week, the crew moved to Brazil to shoot on location there. [5]
Guarany was submitted to the Italian board of censors in November 1949. [6] 'Guarany was distributed theatrically in Italy by Universalia Film on 3 January 1950. [1] [2] The film grossed a total of 8,750,000 Italian lire domestically, which Curti described as being "virtually ignored by the public" [2] and being panned by critics on its release. [6] The film was popular in South America, where it earned Universallia and Gianna Maria Canale a lot of press. [6]
Curti stated in 2017 that Guarany was unavailable in any form, not even at Rome's Cineteca Nazionale. [6] A copy of the 303 page script remains. [5]
- Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387.
- Testa, Carlo (2002). Italian Cinema and Modern European Literatures, 1945-2000. Greenwood Publishing Group.
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