Artefacts

Condottieri

Artefact Type:

film

Description:
Spectactular epic-historical film on the figure of the Renaissance condottiero Giovanni delle Bande Nere, portrayed as a war genius who fights heroically against the foreign oppression, ready to sacrifice his life in the name of a patriotic ideal. It is the outcome of an Italian-German cinematographic alliance, analogous to the political one, and clearly a film of indirect propaganda.

Duration (mins):
88
Release Date:
1937
Director:
> Luis Trenker
Assistant Director:
> Giacomo Gentilomo
Assistant Director:
> Anton Giulio Majano
Composer:
> Giuseppe Becce
Screenwriter:
> Kurt Heuser
Screenwriter:
> Mirko Jelusich
Scenic Designer:
> Giulio Marchi
Actor:
> Loris Gizzi
Actor:
> Maria Laura Lodovici (known as 'Laura Nucci')
Actor:
> Carla Sveva
Actor:
> Tito Gobbi
Production Company:
> CONSORZIO CONDOTTIERI
Production Company:
> ENIC
Genre:
> Epic-Historical

Tags: Corporate city (città corporativa) State art Anti-liberalism New Man Consensus Space Collectivity Sacralization Totalitarian realism Historicity Political system or apparatus

Themes:

Propaganda