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Luciano Serra, Pilot
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Wikipedia article
'Luciano Serra, Pilot' (Italian: 'Luciano Serra pilota') is a 1938 Italian war drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Germana Paolieri and Roberto Villa.
It was screened at the Venice Film Festival in August 1938, where it was awarded the Mussolini Cup for Best Italian Film. It was considered the defining film of Nazzari's career, establishing him as the leading male star in Italy.Gundle p.184
The film's assistant director Roberto Rossellini supervised the shooting of footage on location in North Africa.Bondanella p.27 Rossellini made his own directorial debut three years later with 'The White Ship', and went on to become a leading Italian filmmaker.
Partial cast
* Amedeo Nazzari as Luciano Serra
* Germana Paolieri as Sandra Serra
* Roberto Villa as Aldo Serra
* Mario Ferrari as Il colonnello Franco Morelli
* Guglielmo Sinaz as Jose Ribera
* Egisto Olivieri as Nardini, il suocero di Luciano
* Andrea Checchi as Ten. Binelli
* Oscar Andriani as Il cappellano militare
* Olivia Fried as Dorothy Thompson
* Nicola Maldacea as Un socio del circolo
* Beatrice Mancini as La fidanzata di Aldo
References
Bibliography
* Bondanella, Peter. 'A History of Italian Cinema'. Continuum, 2011.
* Gundle, Stephen. 'Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy'. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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