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The Angel Wore Red

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Vittorio De Sica, Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde, and Finlay Currie in The Angel Wore Red (1960)
Father Arturo Carrera (Sir Dirk Bogarde) leaves the priesthood over the church's indifferent position during the Spanish Civil War, but finds himself attracted to beautiful entertainer Soledad (Ava Gardner).
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Father Arturo Carrera (Sir Dirk Bogarde) leaves the priesthood over the church's indifferent position during the Spanish Civil War, but finds himself attracted to beautiful entertainer Soled... Read allFather Arturo Carrera (Sir Dirk Bogarde) leaves the priesthood over the church's indifferent position during the Spanish Civil War, but finds himself attracted to beautiful entertainer Soledad (Ava Gardner).Father Arturo Carrera (Sir Dirk Bogarde) leaves the priesthood over the church's indifferent position during the Spanish Civil War, but finds himself attracted to beautiful entertainer Soledad (Ava Gardner).
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  • Director
    • Nunnally Johnson
  • Writers
    • Nunnally Johnson(screenplay)
    • Bruce Marshall(novel "The Fair Bride")
    • Giorgio Prosperi(dialogue Italian version)
  • Stars
    • Ava Gardner
    • Dirk Bogarde
    • Joseph Cotten
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  • Director
    • Nunnally Johnson
  • Writers
    • Nunnally Johnson(screenplay)
    • Bruce Marshall(novel "The Fair Bride")
    • Giorgio Prosperi(dialogue Italian version)
  • Stars
    • Ava Gardner
    • Dirk Bogarde
    • Joseph Cotten
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    • 13User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde in The Angel Wore Red (1960)
    Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde in The Angel Wore Red (1960)
    Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde in The Angel Wore Red (1960)
    Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde in The Angel Wore Red (1960)
    Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde in The Angel Wore Red (1960)
    Joseph Cotten and Rossana Rory in The Angel Wore Red (1960)

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    Ava Gardner
    Ava Gardner
    • Soledad
    Dirk Bogarde
    Dirk Bogarde
    • Arturo Carrera
    Joseph Cotten
    Joseph Cotten
    • Hawthorne
    Vittorio De Sica
    Vittorio De Sica
    • Gen. Clave
    Aldo Fabrizi
    Aldo Fabrizi
    • Canon Rota
    Arnoldo Foà
    Arnoldo Foà
    • Insurgent Major
    Finlay Currie
    Finlay Currie
    • Bishop
    Rossana Rory
    Rossana Rory
    • Mercedes
    Enrico Maria Salerno
    Enrico Maria Salerno
    • Capt. Botargus
    Robert Bright
    • Father Idelfonso
    • (uncredited)
    Franco Castellani
    • José
    • (uncredited)
    Nino Castelnuovo
    Nino Castelnuovo
    • Capt. Trinidad
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Cunningham
    • Mac
    • (uncredited)
    Gustavo De Nardo
    Gustavo De Nardo
    • Maj. Garcia
    • (uncredited)
    Franco Fantasia
    • Cabaret Customer
    • (uncredited)
    Aldo Pini
    • Chaplain
    • (uncredited)
    Leonardo Porzio
      Renato Terra
      Renato Terra
        • Director
          • Nunnally Johnson
        • Writers
          • Nunnally Johnson(screenplay)
          • Bruce Marshall(novel "The Fair Bride") (uncredited)
          • Giorgio Prosperi(dialogue Italian version)
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        • Trivia
          Although it had a press showing in London, this movie was such a huge financial disaster that it never got a release in the UK.
        • Goofs
          When the prisoners are being marched for several days to be presented to the fascists, the group contains of a substantial number of women. At least two women are shown confessing to Arturo. But when the fascists capture the group, Arturo tells the commander that the group consists of 200 men who should not be killed, no mention of women. When Arturo enters the church to tell the prisoners they are to be executed, the group is all men. The women have vanished.
        • Quotes

          Soledad: Once a priest, always a priest.

        • Connections
          Featured in Best in Action: 1960 (2018)

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        8/10
        A flawed masterpiece
        Though far from perfect, I could watch this movie again, and perhaps even more than that. It's a fascinating movie, for one thing, pairing two of the most beautiful people who ever lived, in a story with real depth, or at least the promise of real depth, which says a lot in a world where 99 movies out of 100 don't even try. Imagine, complaining that at 37, Ava Gardner was "past her prime." It is wonderful to see Bogarde, whose roles usually had him sneering worldly-wise ironies, showing heartfelt passion for the good and the true. It is equally wonderful to see Gardner in a role far more suited for her than the calculating charmer or the tormented playgirl. She never seemed to be really trying until this one, where perhaps the part touched something deep in her. Their chemistry was superlative, their love scene one of the greats of all time, in my view.

        That this portrayal of a love that goes beyond time and place occurs in the context of one of the most astonishingly wicked and absurd wars of all time is another sublimity that seems to have whizzed right by all but one of the previous reviewers. Hemingway showed only that Robert Jordan thought the war was absurd, he didn't show its absurdity, which director Nunnally Johnson managed to do here in both direction and dialog, and against great odds. Like another of my favorites, Viva Zapata, this movie is a flawed masterpiece, better by far than 100 polished banalities. Blame its flaws on the trials of filming in 1960 (still stuck in the 50s), on sloppy editing, on the meaningless title, and the inevitable hurdles that writers and directors have to overcome in the complicated and difficult art of film-making, truly daunting in the case of this film. (Imagine attempting to film a love story between a priest and a prostitute in 50s Sicily?!) Don't blame the the actors, the director, or the beautiful and poignant story.
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        • hopkinshughes
        • Aug 22, 2008

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        • Release date
          • April 14, 1960 (Italy)
        • Countries of origin
          • Italy
          • United States
        • Language
          • English
        • Also known as
          • Temptation
        • Filming locations
          • Catania, Sicily, Italy
        • Production companies
          • Titanus
          • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
          • Spectator
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        • Budget
          • $1,843,000 (estimated)
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 39 minutes
        • Color
          • Black and White
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.85 : 1

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