| The Mill on the Po | |
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| Directed by | Alberto Lattuada |
| Written by | Federico Fellini Tullio Pinelli Mario Bonfantini Luigi Comencini Alberto Lattuada Carlo Musso Sergio Romano |
| Based on | The Mill on the Po by Riccardo Bacchelli |
| Produced by | Carlo Ponti |
| Starring | Carla Del Poggio Jacques Sernas Mario Besesti |
| Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
| Edited by | Mario Bonotti |
| Music by | Ildebrando Pizzetti |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Lux Film |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Mill on the Po (Italian: Il mulino del Po) is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring Carla Del Poggio, Jacques Sernas and Mario Besesti.[1][2] It is based on the third part of the novel of the same name by Riccardo Bacchelli.[3][4] It premiered at the 1949 Venice Film Festival. The films was produced and distributed by Lux Film, one of Italy's leading companies of the postwar years. Extensive location shooting took place around Lombardy including at Bagnolo San Vito, Porto Mantovano and Curtatone. The films sets were designed by the art director Luigi Gervasi.
- ^ Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008. p.170
- ^ Bayman, Louis. The Operatic and the Everyday in Postwar Italian Film Melodrama. Edinburgh University Press, 2014. p.192-93
- ^ Cosulich, Callisto (1985). ": Il mulino del Po". I Film di Alberto Lattuada. Gremese Editore, 1985. ISBN 8876051872.
- ^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico. ": Il mulino del Po". Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.