Tomb of the Angels (Italian: La fossa degli angeli) is a 1937 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Luisa Ferida, and Antonio Gradoli.[1] Roberto Rossellini co-wrote the screenplay and served as assistant director. It was shot on location in the Apuan Alps in Liguria, and is set amidst the marble quarries of the area. It marked an early attempt at realism in Italian cinema, anticipating neorealism of the postwar era. It is similar in style to Walter Ruttmann's Steel of 1933, in it celebrated Italy's industrial strength in line with the propaganda of the Mussolini regime.[2]

Tomb of the Angels
Directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Written byCurt Alexander
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Cesare Ludovici
Roberto Rossellini
Produced byFrancesco Salvi
StarringAmedeo Nazzari
Luisa Ferida
Antonio Gradoli
CinematographyMario Albertelli
Edited byFerdinando Maria Poggioli
Music byEnzo Masetti
Production
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Diorama Film
Distributed byLux Film
Release date
  • 1937 (1937)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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References

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  1. ^ Brunetta p.101
  2. ^ Brunetta p.101

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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