The Siege of the Alcazar | |
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Directed by | Augusto Genina |
Written by | Augusto Genina Alessandro De Stefani Pietro Caporilli |
Starring | Fosco Giachetti Mireille Balin Maria Denis |
Cinematography | Francesco Izzarelli Vincenzo Seratrice Jan Stallich |
Edited by | Fernando Tropea |
Music by | Antonio Veretti |
Release dates | Italy: 20 August 1940 |
Running time | 99 (cut) minutes 119 (restored) minutes |
Countries | Italy Spain |
Language | Italian |
The Siege of the Alcazar or L'Assedio dell'Alcazar is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina about the famous siege of the Alcázar during the Spanish Civil War, set in Toledo, Spain. The film won the Mussolini Cup in Venice Film Festival for being the Best Italian Film. The film runs more in the Spanish dubbed version, it was restored by Filmoteca Española and released in DVD in Spain by Divisa Home Video. The film was shot in Cinecittà with Italian, French and Spanish actors. In the Italian version all three non-Italian actors (Mireille Balin, Rafael Calvo and Carlos Muñoz) spoke their lines in Italian. They were dubbed by Italian actors afterwards.