Pia of Ptolomey (1958)

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Director:

Sergio Grieco

Writer:

Edoardo Anton

Stars:

Jacques Sernas, Ilaria Occhini, Arnoldo Foà

Cast

Credited cast:
Jacques Sernas	...	Ghino Perticari
Ilaria Occhini	...	Pia de' Tolomei
Arnoldo Foà	...	Nello Della Pietra
Bella Darvi	...	Bice
Franca Mazzoni
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Conrad Andersen
Raf Baldassarre
Giulio Calì
Renato Chiantoni
Tom Felleghy
Fausto Guerzoni
Herbert Knippenberg
Adriano Micantoni
Marco Paoletti
Marcella Rovena

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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User Reviews

Mid-grade Italian adventure epic.

This seldom-seen rarity is one of the films which Sergio Grieco made after his run of low-budget swashbucklers, and yet before he achieved professional success with "Salambo." It received poor reviews from the Italian critics, and marks a period of progressive improvement in Grieco's films. Gerard Landry has been replaced by Arnoldo Foa' as the main actor of the drama, and Ilaria Occhini, who looked so lovely in Giacomo Gentilomo's 'Sigfrido' just a year earlier, returns to grace the screen, opposite Jacques Sernas as the hero of the tale. Grieco uses a more obscure cast in this film, several unknown faces showing up, and much of the adventure and swordplay of his earlier films is replaced by an improved drama and dialog. It would be nice to see this film in its original Italian version, but no company has yet offered to give this film that reviving touch much needed for any film historian to successfully evaluate its merits. I consider it a film with some good potential, and another stepping-stone (albeit a minor one) in the history of the Italian adventure epic.

Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

29 December 1958 (Italy)

Also Known As:

La parole est à l'épée

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film Do. Re. Mi., Procinex

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1