Zorro, the hero

Movie
German title	Zorro, the hero
Original title	Il sogno di Zorro
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1952
length	90 (German version 77) minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Mario Soldati
script	Mario Amendola Ruggero Maccari Marcello Marchesi Sandro Continenza
production	Nicolò Theodoli for ICS
music	Mario Nascimbene
camera	Mario Montuori
cut	Renato Cinquini
occupation
Walter Chiari : Don Raimundo Esteba Vittorio Gassman : Don Juan Antonio Delia Scala : Estrella Carlo Ninchi : Count Don Esteban Contrero Luigi Pavese : Don García Fernández Juan de Landa : Pedro Gualtiero Tumiati : Don Cesarito Alcazan Michèle Philippe : Marzia Anna Arena : landlady Gisella Monaldi : Consuelo Nietta Zocchi : Donna Hermosa Alcazan Giovanni Dolfini : Don Alonzo Michele Malaspina : Doctor Perez

Zorro, the hero (original title: Il sogno di Zorro ) is an Italian comedic adventure film , the Mario Soldati 1951 staged. The film was also released in German cinemas on January 1, 1953, in a version shortened by a quarter of an hour.

action

Mexico. An older count, a direct descendant of the hero Zorro, has an only son, Raimundo, of whom he is not exactly proud because he is extremely shy and fearful after having suffered a terrible fall as a small child. When Raimundo is confronted with a friend of his father's and his daughter, whom he should marry according to his will, he behaves so childish and silly that this plan is ruined.
Thereupon he decides to enter a monastery, and on the way there is caught in an attack on a tour group of a duke, in the course of which he is hit on the head. Raimundo transforms into a witty and above all courageous warrior who immediately begins to fight on the side of the attacked and helps them to victory over the robbers. The Duke gratefully accepted him into his service and sent him on a confidential mission.
Raimundo goes, pretending to be the duke, into the castle of the arch-rival of the actual duke, where his daughter is also. With skill and ideas, Raimundo manages to escape the numerous traps undamaged and fights down everything that gets in his way. He can also save the duke's daughter - both have fallen in love - and after a triumphant victory, which is credited to his client, finally marry.

criticism

“Italian parody of Zorro films. Joke and ridicule in an entertaining mix. "

- Lexicon of international film .

• “Another film by Mario Soldati, which shows ambitious efforts and commitment. Here he wants to dismantle the myth “Zorro - Douglas Fairbanks”. In terms of the result, however, it must be criticized that the boundaries and rules of the self-chosen genre were not stripped off, ” wrote Mario Siniscalco in 1952.

Remarks

Sophia Loren , still going under her real name Sofia Villani Scicolone , plays a minor supporting role as Conchita .

Web links

• Zorro, the hero in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The film at comingsoon (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Zorro, the hero in the lexicon of international films
2. ^ In Rassegna del Film , May 4, 1952