Pietro Micca | |
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Directed by | Aldo Vergano |
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Produced by | Luigi Mottura |
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Cinematography | Ugo Lombardi |
Edited by | Guy Simon |
Music by | Giorgio Federico Ghedini |
Production company | Taurinia Film |
Distributed by | CINF |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Pietro Micca is a 1938 Italian historical war film directed by Aldo Vergano and starring Guido Celano, Renato Cialente and Camillo Pilotto. It was shot at the Fert Studios in Turin. The film marked the screen debut of Clara Calamai, who went on to be a leading Italian star of the next decade.[1]
The film portrays the life and death of Pietro Micca who was killed in 1706 at the Siege of Turin while fighting for the Duchy of Savoy against France in the War of the Spanish Succession.