Tempest (1958 film)

Tempest
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed byAlberto Lattuada
Written byAlexander Pushkin (novel)
Ivo Perilli
Alberto Lattuada
Produced byDino De Laurentiis
StarringSilvana Mangano
Van Heflin
Viveca Lindfors
Geoffrey Horne
CinematographyAldo Tonti
Edited byOtello Colangeli
Henri Rust
Music byPiero Piccioni
Release date
  • December 1, 1958 (1958-12-01)
Running time
120 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
Yugoslavia
LanguagesItalian
English
Box office$1.5 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1]

La tempesta (internationally released as Tempest) is a 1958 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It is based on A History of Pugachev (1834) and the 1836 novel The Captain's Daughter, both by Alexander Pushkin.[2] For this film Lattuada was awarded a David di Donatello for Best Director.[3]

  1. ^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34
  2. ^ Callisto Cosulich (1985). I Film di Alberto Lattuada. Gremese Editore, 1985. ISBN 8876051872.
  3. ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.