Luciano Serra, Pilot

1938 Italian war film by Goffredo Alessandrini

For the Righeira song, see Luciano Serra Pilota.

Luciano Serra, Pilot

Italian	Luciano Serra pilota
Directed by	Goffredo Alessandrini
Written by	Goffredo Alessandrini Francesco Masoero
Screenplay by	Goffredo Alessandrini Roberto Rossellini Fulvio Palmieri
Produced by	Angelo Monti
Starring	Amedeo Nazzari Germana Paolieri Roberto Villa Mario Ferrari
Cinematography	Ubaldo Arata
Edited by	Giorgio Simonelli
Music by	Giulio Cesare Sonzogno
Production company	Aquila Cinematografica
Distributed by	Generalcine
Release date	8 August 1938 (1938年8月8日)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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.^[1]

The film's assistant director Roberto Rossellini supervised the shooting of footage on location in North Africa.^[2] Rossellini made his own directorial debut three years later with The White Ship , and went on to become a leading Italian filmmaker.

Cast

[edit ]

Amedeo Nazzari as Luciano Serra
Germana Paolieri as Sandra Serra
Roberto Villa as Aldo Serra
Mario Ferrari as Colonel Franco Morelli
Beatrice Mancini as Bice Mancinotti
Egisto Olivieri as Nardini
Guglielmo Sinaz as José Ribera
Andrea Checchi as Lieutenant Binelli
Felice Romano as Mario
Oscar Andriani as the Military Chaplain
Nico Pepe as the Count
Olivia Fried as Dorothy Thompson
Silvio Bagolini as the Club Member
Felice Minotti as Andrea

References

[edit ]

^ Gundle p.184
^ Bondanella p.27

Bibliography

[edit ]

Bondanella, Peter. A History of Italian Cinema. Continuum, 2011.
Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.