Agostino is a 1962 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini.[1] It was filmed in Rome and Venice.[2] It was the first of many movies John Saxon would make in Italy.[3]

Agostino
Directed byMauro Bolognini
Written byGoffredo Parise
Produced byLuigi Rovere
StarringIngrid Thulin
John Saxon
CinematographyAldo Tonti
Edited byNino Baragli
Music byCarlo Rustichelli
Release date
1962
Running time
90 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguagesItalian
English

The film is based on a successful[4] short novel of the same name by Alberto Moravia, who had collaborated with Bolognini on his previous film, From a Roman Balcony.[5]

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  1. ^ Rick Trader Witcombe. The new Italian cinema: studies in dance and despair. Oxford University Press, 1982.
  2. ^ Marco Giusti (August 15, 2010). "INTERVISTA A JOHN SAXON". Nocturno. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (July 29, 2020). "The Top Twelve Stages of Saxon". Filmink.
  4. ^ Robin Healey. Twentieth-century Italian Literature in English Translation. University of Toronto Press, 1998.
  5. ^ Gigi Livio; Roberto Campari; Giorgio Simonelli. Letteratura e spettacolo. Marzorati, 2000.

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