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Sun
A 1929 silent film directed by Alessandro Blasetti, debuts in film directing.
Filming began on 20 December 1928 and the first public screening, with musical commentary by Mario De Risi, took place on Sunday 16 June 1929 at the cinemas Corso in Rome. Sun along with Rails of Mari Camerini, marks the beginning of the Renaissance of Italian cinema, after the crisis of the 1920s. But the film was not a success and was the first and last production of Augusts, the cooperative society founded by Bal. Help – very talented was a young filmmaker Goffredo Alessandrini. Today all that remains is to film the first reel of 265 m (11 minutes) because the original negative was destroyed by the Nazis after the 8 September 1943, and there were no other copies in circulation, as long as it was rediscovered the initial part.
Film Notes
Country of origin: Italy
Year: 1929
Duration: 68 min
Color: Black/White
Audio: Mute
Genre: Drama
Director: Alessandro Blasetti
Subject: Aldo Vergano
Screenplay: Aldo Vergano, Alessandro Blasetti
Studio: Augustus
Photography: Joseph Campbell, Giorgio Orsini, Carlo Montuori
Editing: Alessandro Blasetti
Art Director: Gaston Medin
Actors
Marcello Spada
Vasco Creti
Paola Dria
Vittorio Vaser
Leah Woods
Anna Vinci
Rolando Constantine
Rinaldo Rinaldi
Erminio Macario