Neapolitan Carousel

(Redirected from Carosello napoletano)

Neapolitan Carousel (Italian: Carosello napoletano) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Ettore Giannini and starring Léonide Massine, Achille Millo and Agostino Salvietti. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival,[1] winning its International Prize.[2][3] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Naples. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mario Chiari.

Neapolitan Carousel
Film poster
Directed byEttore Giannini
Written byRemigio Del Grosso
Ettore Giannini
Giuseppe Marotta
Produced byCarlo Ponti
StarringLéonide Massine
Achille Millo
Agostino Salvietti
CinematographyPiero Portalupi
Edited byNiccolò Lazzari
Music byRaffaele Gervasio
Production
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Distributed byLux Film
Release date
  • 26 May 1954 (1954-05-26)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[4]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Neapolitan Carousel". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Awards 1954: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  3. ^ "1954 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

Bibliography

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  • Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
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