The thief of Venice
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The thief of Venice |
| Original title | Il ladro di Venezia |
| Country of production |
Italy USA |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 109 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Brahm |
| script | John Brahm, Salvatore Cabasino , Jesse L. Lasky junior |
| production | Robert Haggiag |
| music | Alessandro Cicognini |
| camera | Anchise Brizzi |
| cut | Renzo Lucidi |
| occupation | |
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The Thief of Venice (original title: Il ladro di Venezia ) is an Italian-American feature film from 1950 by John Brahm . The director wrote the script together with Salvatore Cabasino and Jesse L. Lasky junior . The main roles are cast with María Montez , Paul Hubschmid and Massimo Serato . The film premiered on December 22, 1950 in Italy. In the Federal Republic of Germany he could be seen for the first time in the cinema the following year.
action
The Grand Inquisitor Scarpa poisoned the Doge of Venice . Now it falls to Scarpa to fill the office of Doge until a successor is elected. The old admiral Disani is considered the favorite. Scarpa simply sent him to fight the Turkish fleet in order to shut it down. Disani is badly wounded. His loyal commander Lorenzo succeeds in returning the ship safely to its home port. Out of gratitude for this success, the galley slaves are given freedom.
Scarpa sees his plans thwarted. He puts the former slaves back in chains. In their eyes Disani is now established as a traitor. Lorenzo manages to penetrate into the palace of Disanis, which is besieged by the mob , and inform him of Scarpa's intrigues . The two men manage to escape secretly; but soon they fall into the hands of Scarpa's henchmen . For old Disani this means death, and Lorenzo falls injured into the canal. Two friends fish him out and take him to the notorious tavern "To Hell of Venice", whose landlady is the fiery Tina. Recovered, Lorenzo is chosen to be their leader by a pack of wild journeymen. Together they now want to free the city from the tyrant .
A number of daring attacks by a masked man cause unrest among the population. The mysterious is called the “thief of Venice”. The police fail to get hold of him. During one of his pranks, however, Tina who was accompanying him falls into the hands of Scarpa's captors. But even under torture, she does not reveal Lorenzo's name. The only reason he decided to do his thing was to get money to buy weapons for his followers. The “thief” can free the landlady through a ruse.
In order to get the supporters of the murdered man on his side, Scarpa wants to marry Disani's daughter Francesca. The wedding is about to take place when it is thwarted by a bold coup d'état by Lorenzo. The two young people have known each other for some time and now admit their love. Tina, who herself had her eye on the warhorse, has to painfully discover that she has fallen by the wayside.
In a saber duel, Scarpa is killed by Lorenzo. But this is celebrated stormily by the population.
additions
The buildings and decorations come from the film architects Luigi Scaccianoce and Ottavio Scotti . Ditta Tanzi contributed the costumes.
criticism
The lexicon of international films describes the film succinctly as an "undemanding costume adventure". The film lexicon two thousand and one drew the following conclusion: "Undemanding, but carefully equipped and atmospherically successful costume adventure."
source
Program for the film: The New Film Program , published by H. Klemmer & Co., Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, without a number
Web links
- The Thief of Venice in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 662
- ↑ The thief of Venice. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 15, 2016 .