Black Eagle (1946 film)

Black Eagle
Directed by	Riccardo Freda
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis
Written by	Alexander Pushkin (novel) Baccio Agnoletti Mario Monicelli Steno Federico Fellini Riccardo Freda
Starring	Rossano Brazzi Irasema Dilián Gino Cervi Rina Morelli
Music by	Franco Casavola
Cinematography	Guglielmo Lombardi Rodolfo Lombardi
Edited by	Otello Colangeli
Production company	Lux Film
Distributed by	Cinematografica Distributori Indipendenti
Release dates	21 September 1946
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Black Eagle (Italian:Aquila nera) is a 1946 Italian drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Rossano Brazzi, Irasema Dilián and Gino Cervi. It is also known as Return of the Black Eagle. The film is based on the unfinished novel Dubrovsky by Alexander Pushkin. It was followed by a 1951 sequel Revenge of the Black Eagle, also directed by Freda.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Arrigo Equini.

Cast

• Rossano Brazzi as Vladimir Dubrowskij
• Irasema Dilián as Mascia Petrovic
• Gino Cervi as Kirila Petrovic
• Rina Morelli as Irina
• Harry Feist as Sergej Ivanovic
• Paolo Stoppa as Un bandito
• Inga Gort as Maria
• Petr Sharov as Il conte Andrea Dubrowskij
• Luigi Pavese as Un servo
• Angelo Calabrese as Il giudice
• Cesare Polacco as Il segretario Sputing
• Gina Lollobrigida as Una ragazza alla festa

Bibliography

• Testa, Carlo. Italian Cinema and Modern European Literatures, 1945-2000. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002.

External links

• Black Eagle at IMDb