The Tyrant of Padua
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Directed by	Max Neufeld
Written by	Angelo Bianchini D'Alberico Raffaele Saitto Max Neufeld
Based on	Angelo, Tyrant of Padua by Victor Hugo
Produced by	Max Calandri
Starring	Clara Calamai Carlo Lombardi Elsa De Giorgi Alfredo Varelli
Cinematography	Giuseppe Caracciolo
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Production company	Scalera Film
Distributed by	Scalera Film
Release date	28 December 1946 (1946-12-28)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Tyrant of Padua (Italian: Il tiranno di Padova) is a 1946 Italian historical film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Clara Calamai, Carlo Lombardi and Elsa De Giorgi. ^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1835 play Angelo, Tyrant of Padua by Victor Hugo. It is set in Padua in the 1540s.

Made by Scalera Films, it was shot at the Cinevillaggio Studios complex in Venice during the wartime Italian Social Republic. The film's sets were designed by the art director Luigi Scaccianoce and Ottavio Scotti.

Cast

• Carlo Lombardi as Angelo Malipieri
• Clara Calamai as Tisbe
• Elsa De Giorgi as Caterina Bragadin in Malipieri
• Alfredo Varelli as Rodolfo degli Ezzelini
• Nino Pavese as Una spia
• Giorgio Piamonti as Omodei
• Erminio Spalla as Un evaso
• Carlo Micheluzzi as Il padre di Caterina
• Olga Vittoria Gentilli as La madre di Tisbe
• Memo Benassi as Cesare, il pittore
• Andreina Carli as Reginella
• Cristina Veronesi

References

Bibliography

• Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.

External links

• The Tyrant of Padua at IMDb

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