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Messalina (1951 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Messalina' or 'The Affairs of Messalina' is a 1951 historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Mara Flix, Georges Marchal and Memo Benassi.Winkler p.232-33 It was a co-production between France, Italy and Spain. It was shot at the Cinecitt studios in Rome with sets designed by Gastone Medin and Vittorio Nino Novarese. It was part of a growing trend of epic historical films of 1950s.
The film portrays the story of the Messalina, the third wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius.
Main cast
* Mara Flix as Messalina
* Georges Marchal as Caio Silio / Gaius Silius
* Memo Benassi as Claudio / Claudius
* Delia Scala as Cinzia
* Erno Crisa as Timo / Timus
* Carlo Ninchi as Tauro / Taurus
* Camillo Pilotto as Ottavio / Octave
* Jean Tissier as Mnester
* Jean Chevrier as Valerio / Valerius Asiaticus
* Germaine Kerjean as Ismene
* Ave Ninchi as Locusta / Locuste
* Michel Vitold as Narciso / Narcissus
* Giuseppe Varni as Pallante
* Luigi Almirante as the jeweler
* Lamberto Picasso as the astrologer
* Gino Saltamerenda as the brothel's manager
* Cesare Barbetti as Lucio / Lucius
* Achille Majeroni as Appolonio / Appolonius
* Giovanna Galletti as the Christian woman
References
Bibliography
* Winkler, Martin N. 'Cinema and Classical Texts: Apollo's New Light'. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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