The Iron Swordsman

The Iron Swordsman

Directed by	Riccardo Freda
Screenplay by	Stefano Vanzina Mario Monicelli Riccardo Freda^[1]
Story by	Luigi Bonelli^[1]
Music by	Alessandro Cicognini^[1]
Cinematography	Sergio Pesce^[1]
Edited by	Roberto Cinquini^[1]
Production company	Forum Film^[1]
Distributed by	Forum Film
Release date	1 November 1949 (1949-11-01) (Italy)
Running time	88 minutes^[1]
Country	Italy^[1]
Box office	₤87 million

The Iron Swordsman (Italian: Il conte Ugolino) is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Carlo Ninchi and Gianna Maria Canale. It is loosely based on real life events of Ugolino della Gherardesca.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Carlo Ninchi as Count Ugolino della Gherardesca
Gianna Maria Canale as Emilia
Peter Trent as Cardinal Ruggieri
Piero Palermini as Balduccio
Carla Calò as Haidée
Luigi Pavese as Sismondi
Ugo Sasso as Fortebraccio

Release

The Iron Swordman was released in Italy on November 1, 1949 where it was distributed by Forum Film.^[1] It grossed a total of ₤87 million lire domestically.^[1]

References

Footnotes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Curti 2017, p. 306.
↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

Sources

Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 1476628386.

External links

The Iron Swordsman on IMDb

The films of Riccardo Freda

Don Cesare di Bazan (1942)
The Whole City Sings (1945)
I'll Sing No More (1945)
Black Eagle (1946)
Guarany (1948)
The Mysterious Cavalier (1948)
Les Misérables (1948)
The Iron Swordsman (1949)
Son of d'Artagnan (1950)
Double Cross (1951)
Revenge of Black Eagle (1951)
See Naples and Die (1951)
Sins of Rome (1953)
Theodora, Slave Empress (1954)
Beatrice Cenci (1956)
Trapped in Tangier (1957)
I Vampiri (1957)
Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (1959)
The White Warrior (1959)
The Giants of Thessaly (1960)
Maciste at the Court of the Great Khan (1961)
Caccia all'uomo (1961)
The Witch's Curse (1962)
The Seventh Sword (1962)
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
Gold for the Caesars (1963)
The Ghost (1963)
The Magnificent Adventurer (1963)
The Two Orphans (1965)
The Exterminators (1965)
Trap for the Assassin (1966)
Mexican Slayride (1967)
No Killing Without Dollars (1967)
Double Face (1969)
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)
Tragic Ceremony (1972)
Murder Obsession (1981)

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