The Gorgon (1942 film)

The Gorgon
Directed by	Guido Brignone
Written by	Sem Benelli (play) Guido Brignone Tomaso Smith
Starring	Mariella Lotti Rossano Brazzi Camillo Pilotto
Cinematography	Otello Martelli
Edited by	Dolores Tamburini
Music by	Enzo Masetti
Production company	Florentia Film
Distributed by	Artisti Associati
Release date	12 October 1942 (1942-10-12)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Gorgon (Italian: La Gorgona) is a 1942 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Mariella Lotti, Rossano Brazzi and Camillo Pilotto. It was adapted from the play by Sem Benelli and is set in the Republic of Pisa during the eleventh century.

It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome.

Cast

• Mariella Lotti as Spina di Pietro, la Gorgona
• Rossano Brazzi as Lamberto Finquinaldo
• Camillo Pilotto as Marcello Finquinaldo, padre di Lamberto
• Piero Carnabuci as Arrigo del Coscetto
• Annibale Betrone as Il conte Ranieri
• Tina Lattanzi as La contessa Matilde di Toscana
• Lauro Gazzolo as Il fedele servo di Spina
• Enza Delbi as Bianca
• Gorella Gori as Berta
• Emilio Cigoli as Miniato - lo scudiero
• Giulia Martinelli as Celeste
• Amelia Beretta as Berta
• Achille Majeroni as Il console Marignano
• Cesare Fantoni as Pietro Moricone - vescovo
• Giorgio Capecchi as Capitano Borso
• Giovanni Onorato as Nicastro
• Tatiana Farnese as Figlia del conte Ranieri
• Loli Bonfanti as Seconda figlia
• Amedeo Trilli as Il guardiano marito di Angela
• Raimondo Van Riel as Pietro Capronesi

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• The Gorgon at IMDb