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la lanterna del diavolo (1931)

Original title: la lanterna del diavolo
Production: Italy|70 min| black and white|
Dramatic, Adventure, Crime
the head of a band of smugglers loves a girl who instead has a crush on a good man from a small town near which the band meets. the smuggler, in a fit of jealousy, denounces his rival to the carabinieri who are looking for the murderer of one of their comrades. by hunting down the alleged murderer, the carabinieri instead surprise the whole gang in an abandoned house and thus make a copious raid. the bandits arrested, thinking they were betrayed by their leader, accuse him in turn as the real culprit of the murder. the unjustly suspected man can then safely return home.

Direction

ManGiuseppe Fatigatiaiuto regista
Domenico Maria Sanzoneaiuto regista

Production and Screenplay

Leo Menardisceneggiatore
Gian Bistolfisceneggiatore

Characters and Interpreters

nella maria bonora
donatella neri
capobanda
letizia quaranta
carlo tamberlani
raimondo van riel
guido celano
Guido CelanoGuido Celano(età:26)
Alfredo Martinelli
il bambino

Technical staff

Raimondo VanrielRaimondo Vanrieltruccatore
Anchise BrizziAnchise Brizzidirettore della fotografia
Romolo Laurentisegretario di produzione
ManGiuseppe Fatigatimontatore
Pietro Sassolidirettore musicale
Willy Millertruccatore
Francesco SalaFrancesco Salatruccatore
Gioacchino Gengarellidirettore della fotografia