Cavalry (1936 Italian film)

StarringCinematographyVáclav VíchEdited byGiorgio SimonelliMusic byEnzo MasettiDistributed byLux Film88 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

Cavalry (Italian: Cavalleria) is a 1936 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Elisa Cegani and Luigi Carini. The film marked Nazzari's first role as a lead actor, after making his film debut the previous year. It was a box office success and established some of his personal traits that would be brought out even more clearly in his breakthrough role Luciano Serra, Pilot (1938).^[1]

Umberto Solaro, a young cavalry officer, falls in love with a Piedmont Count's daughter. They develop a romantic attachment, but she marries an Austrian baron under family pressure. After his horse dies in an accident during a completion, Solaro transfers into the newly formed Italian Air Force. He falls heroically in combat during the First World War.

• Amedeo Nazzari as Umberto Solaro
• Elisa Cegani as Speranza di Frassineto
• Luigi Carini as Speranza's father
• Mario Ferrari as Alberto Ponza
• Enrico Viarisio as Sottotenente Rolla
• Clara Padoa as Countess Clotilde, Speranza's mother
• Silvana Jachino as Carlotta di Frasseneto
• Adolfo Geri as Vittorio di Frasseneto
• Ernst Nadherny as Baron of Austria
• Anna Magnani as Fanny
• Nora D'Alba as Countess Sandi
• Silvio Bagolini as Attendant Bagolini
• Fausto Guerzoni as Other Attendant
• Oreste Fares as The Doctor
• Umberto Casilini as Member of the Union Circle
• Walter Grant as Superior Official
• Cecyl Tryan as Lady of Torino's Aristocracy
• Michele Malaspina as Cavalry Officer
• Albino Principe as Carlotta's Husband
• Rosina Adrario as Countess Adrari

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• Cavalry at IMDb