Il grande appello
- Artefact Type:
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film
- Description:
- Drama film shot by the creator of the 'commedia all'italiana', who yields here to a patriotic gesture, telling a passionate story set in East Africa during the Ethiopian war. The film develops the theme of the generational contrast between a father, individualist adventurer without any values (who redeems himself at the end), and his son, entirely dedicated to his nationalistic and colonialistic ideals, which represents the contrast between old and new (the fascist regime).
- Duration (mins):
- 85
- Release Date:
- 1936-11
- Director:
- > Mario Camerini
- Assistant Director:
- > Libero Solaroli
- Producer:
- > Roberto Dandi
- Composer:
- > Annibale Bizzelli
- Screenwriter:
- > Ercole Patti
- Screenwriter:
- > Pietro Solari
- Screenwriter:
- > Mario Soldati
- Scenic Designer:
- > Gino Franzi
- Actor:
- > Camillo Pilotto
- Actor:
- > Giulio Sabetta (known as 'Roberto Villa')
- Actor:
- > Giovanni Battista Marchetti (known as 'Nino Marchetti')
- Actor:
- > Lina D'Acosta
- Production Company:
- > Artisti Associat
- Genre:
- > War Drama
Cultural modernity Nationalism Liberalism New Man Bourgeois intellectual Consensus Avant-gardism Internationalization Crisis of the West or Western Civilization Modern realism Statalization Aesthetic theorization Totalitarian consent Historicity Aesthetic critique Cultural system or apparatus