Sole! (1929)
Sole is the first film by the great Alessandro Blasetti and bears a complex relationship to the reclamation of the Pontine Marshes, a seminal event in Fascist political history.
- Date of release
- 1929-06-19
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Alessandro Blasetti
Casting
- Marcello Spada — Engineer Rinaldi
- Vasco Creti — Marco
- Dria Paola — Giovanna
- Vittorio Vaser — Silvestro
- Lia Bosco — Barbara
- Anna Vinci — Anna
- Rolando Costantino — Constantine
- Rinaldo Rinaldi — Old pastor
- Cesare de Fado — Worker at the Bar
Interesting facts
Sun is a 1929 Italian silent drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Marcello Spada, Vasco Creti and Dria Paola. The film was set around the planned draining of the Pontine Marshes by Benito Mussolini's Fascist government. It was shot partly on location, which added a sense of realism. Mussolini was impressed by the result and described it as "the dawn of the Fascist film".
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