Zorro (1975/I)

Director:

Duccio Tessari

Writers:

Giorgio Arlorio (story)
Giorgio Arlorio (screenplay)

Release Date:

June 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Western

Tagline:

The All New Zorro

Plot:

A newly arrived governor finds his province under the control of the corrupt Colonel Huerta. To avoid assassination by Huerta...

Plot Keywords:

Zorro | Assassination | Sword Duel | Vigilantism | Flintlock Rifle

Cast

Alain Delon	...	Don Diego, the false Miguel de la Serna / El Zorro
Ottavia Piccolo	...	Contessina Ortensia Pulido
Enzo Cerusico	...	Joaquín, Don Diego's servant
Moustache	...	Sgt. Garcia
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart	...	Fritz von Merkel (as Giacomo Rossi Stuart)
Giampiero Albertini	...	Brother Francisco
Marino Masé	...	Miguel de la Serna (as Marino Mase')
Raika Juri	...	Senoria de la Serna (as Rajka Jurcec)
Adriana Asti	...	Aunt Carmen
Stanley Baker	...	Col. Huerta
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yvan Chiffre	...	Thug (uncredited)
Fabián Conde	...	Goat Merchant (uncredited)
Tito García	...	Chicken Vendor (uncredited)
José Riesgo	...	Grocer (uncredited)

Directed by
Duccio Tessari

Writing credits
Giorgio Arlorio		(story)
Giorgio Arlorio		(screenplay)

Produced by
Luciano Martino	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Guido De Angelis
Maurizio De Angelis

Cinematography by
Giulio Albonico

Film Editing by
Mario Morra

Production Design by
Enzo Bulgarelli

Costume Design by
Luciano Sagoni

Makeup Department
Michel Deruelle	....	makeup artist
Nilo Jacoponi	....	key makeup artist
Alfredo Marazzi	....	makeup artist
Grazia Miccinelli	....	wigs

Production Management
Vittorio Galiano	....	production supervisor
Maurizio Pastrovich	....	production manager
Averoe Stefani	....	production manager (as Averoe' Stefani)
Beniamino Sterpetti	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mario Forges Davanzati	....	second unit director
Marco Risi	....	assistant director

Art Department
Riccardo Domenici	....	set designer
Cristiano Tessari	....	assistant set decorator

Sound Department
Angelo Amatulli	....	boom operator
Renato Marinelli	....	foley artist
Danilo Moroni	....	sound mixer
Bruno Zanoli	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Dino Galiano	....	special effects (as Cataldo Galiano)

Stunts
Alain Grellier	....	stunts
Marcel Labbaye	....	stunts
Robert Klein	....	stunts (uncredited)
Miguel Pedregosa	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Remy Pie	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Renault	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Sebastiano Celeste	....	camera operator
Giorgio Garibaldi Schwarze	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vera Rita De Reya	....	assistant costume designer (as Vera Rita de Reja)

Editorial Department
Mariella Scalese	....	assistant editor
Roberto Sterbini	....	assistant editor
Luciano Vittori	....	color consultant
Paolo Vochicievich	....	editorial supervisor (as Paolo Wochicievich)

Music Department
Gianfranco Plenizio	....	conductor
S. Duncan Smith	....	composer: songs "Zorro Is Back" and "To You Mi Chica"

Other crew
Yvan Chiffre	....	master of arms (as Ivan Chiffre)
Nino Lembo	....	jeweler
David Pash	....	production secretary
Vittoria Vigorelli	....	script supervisor
Richard Walter	....	dialogue: English
Emanuel L. Wolf	....	presenter

Production Companies

• Mondial Televisione Film
• Les Productions Artistes Associés

Distributors

• Titanus Distribuzione (1975) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1977) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• United Artists (1975) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Allied Artists Pictures (1976) (USA) (dubbed)
• Aquarius TV (2000) (Greece) (TV)
• Aquarius TV (2004) (Greece) (DVD)
• Best Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Cine Art Pictures (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Direct Source (USA) (DVD)
• Gemstone Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1985) (Greece) (VHS)
• KSM Film (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (USA) (video)
• Reel Media International (2007) (USA) (all media)
• Reserva Especial (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• VCI Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• VPV Video (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack
• LV di Luciano Vittori  color grading

Also Known As:

Runtime:

124 min | Spain:120 min | USA:120 min | USA:87 min (DVD)

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | USA:G | Netherlands:12 | Norway:16 | West Germany:12 (nf) | Germany:16 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Mondial Televisione Film

Trivia:

The last feature film of Stanley Baker.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XX (#21.4)" (2009)

I loved it!

When i first watched this flick - i was thinking it wasn't gonna be that good - it was a midday flick on an obscure channel (this was in 2005) - but i wound up enjoying every last second of it - i loved it - i was so surprised about how good it actually was.

OK - granted - some of the effects (sound or otherwise) aren't the greatest - but we are talking about a flick that was made over 30 years ago - not last month - so you do have to give it some credit - but even considering that it was made so long ago - it out does alotta movies that were made very recently - in my opinion anyways.

if you're a Zorro fan (or just a fan of sword fight movies) you have to see this one - highly entertaining and one of my current favourites - i so want to get this on DVD.