Villafranca | |
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Directed by | Giovacchino Forzano |
Written by | Giovacchino Forzano Benito Mussolini (play) |
Starring |
Corrado Racca Annibale Betrone Enzo Biliotti |
Music by | Antonio Cantù |
Cinematography |
Ubaldo Arata Augusto Tiezzi Giovanni Vitrotti |
Edited by | Giacinto Solito |
Production
company |
Forzano Film
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Distributed by | Fono Roma |
Release date
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19 January 1934 |
Running time
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105 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Villafranca is a 1934 Italian historical drama film directed by Giovacchino Forzano and starring Corrado Racca, Annibale Betrone and Enzo Biliotti. It was based on a play by Benito Mussolini, then Italian dictator, about the 1859 agreement between Napoleon III and Count Cavour which led to the Second Italian War of Independence.
The film was made at the Fert Studios in Turin and on location in the city, which had been the capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia at the time of the film's events.