The Tyrant of Padua

The Tyrant of Padua (Italian: Il tiranno di Padova) is a 1946 Italian historical film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Clara Calamai, Carlo Lombardi and Elsa De Giorgi.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1835 play Angelo, Tyrant of Padua by Victor Hugo. It is set in Padua in the 1540s.

Made by Scalera Films, it was shot at the Cinevillaggio Studios complex in Venice during the wartime Italian Social Republic. The film's sets were designed by the art director Luigi Scaccianoce and Ottavio Scotti.

• Carlo Lombardi as Angelo Malipieri
• Clara Calamai as Tisbe
• Elsa De Giorgi as Caterina Bragadin in Malipieri
• Alfredo Varelli as Rodolfo degli Ezzelini
• Nino Pavese as Una spia
• Giorgio Piamonti as Omodei
• Erminio Spalla as Un evaso
• Carlo Micheluzzi as Il padre di Caterina
• Olga Vittoria Gentilli as La madre di Tisbe
• Memo Benassi as Cesare, il pittore
• Andreina Carli as Reginella
• Cristina Veronesi

• Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.

• The Tyrant of Padua at IMDb

• 1946 films
• Italian historical drama films
• Italian black-and-white films
• 1940s historical drama films
• 1940s Italian-language films
• Films directed by Max Neufeld
• Italian films based on plays
• Films based on works by Victor Hugo
• Films set in Italy
• Films set in the 1540s
• 1946 drama films
• Films scored by Renzo Rossellini
• 1940s Italian films
• Padua in fiction
• 1940s Italian film stubs

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