Anthony of Padua (film)

Anthony of Padua (Italian: Antonio di Padova) is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Aldo Fiorelli, Silvana Pampanini and Carlo Giustini. The film portrays the life of Anthony of Padua (1195–1231).

Anthony of Padua
Directed by	Pietro Francisci
Written by	Raul De Sarro Fiorenzo Fiorentini Pietro Francisci
Produced by	Mario Francisci
Starring	Aldo Fiorelli Silvana Pampanini Carlo Giustini Alberto Pomerani
Cinematography	Mario Bava
Music by	Carlo Innocenzi
Production company	Oro Film
Distributed by	Oro Film
Release date	June 1949 (1949-06)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Cast

• Aldo Fiorelli as Fernando - poi Antonio di Padova
• Silvana Pampanini as Anita - madre di Fernando
• Carlo Giustini as Padre di Fernando
• Alberto Pomerani as Il piccolo Fernando
• Manoel Roero as Conte Vincenzo
• Luigi Pavese as Don Luigi
• Ugo Sasso as Il contadino
• Lola Braccini as Sua madre
• Nino Pavese as Achille Sartori
• Piero Pastore as Giano
• Mario Ferrari as Il giudice Don Alicante
• Anna Di Lorenzo as Isabella
• Dianora Veiga as La lussuriosa
• Cesare Fantoni as Sultano
• Guido Notari as Avvocato difensore
• Valerio Tordi as Don Alvaro
• Riccardo Mangano as Don Diego
• Carlo Duse as Capitano delle guardie di Ezzelina
• Vittorio Cramer as Avvocato accusatore
• Antonio Crast as Il buffone di Ezzelino
• Nino Capriccioli as Frate Bernardo
• Armando Guarnieri as Il sicario di Ezzelino
• Sergio Fantoni as Un cavaliere
• Paola Dalgas as Moglie del contadino
• Giovanni Onorato as Altro avvocato difensore
• Aldo Fabrizi as Ezzelino Da Romano
• Leopoldo Marchionni
• William Murray
• Raffaele Saitto
• Felice Minotti

Bibliography

• Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Anthony of Padua at IMDb