Cavalry (1936 Italian film)

Cavalry
Cavalry
	Nazzari in a film scene
Directed by	Goffredo Alessandrini
Written by	Salvatore Gotta; Oreste Biancoli; Fulvio Palmieri; Aldo Vergano;
Starring	Amedeo Nazzari; Elisa Cegani; Luigi Carini; Mario Ferrari;
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Edited by	Giorgio Simonelli
Music by	Enzo Masetti
Production; company	ICI
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	23 October 1936
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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]

Synopsis edit

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.