Old Guard (1934)

There were very few commercial feature films made during the Italian fascist era that were as openly propagandistic as this famous (notorious?) dramatic paean to the Blackshirts. The story takes place... in a small village in Italy in October of 1922, on the eve of the fascist "March on Rome", in which King Victor Emanuel III was persuaded to consign power to Benito Mussolini. Gianfranco Giachetti is Dr. Cardini, a doctor at the local psychiatric hospital, where a strike has been called by the local socialists. Cardini turns to the fascists to help avert the strike. His son Roberto (Mino Doro) rounds up fascist friends to fight those aligned with the strikers and the town's socialists. more

Directing:
  • Alessandro Blasetti

Writing:
  • Alessandro Blasetti
  • Leo Bomba
  • Guido Albertini

Stars:
Release Date: 1934-06-01
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  • Country: IT
  • Language: Italiano
  • Runtime: 85

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Andrea Checchi
Andrea Checch...
Pompeo
Ugo Sasso
Ugo Sasso
Uno squadrista
Mino Doro
Mino Doro
Roberto
Ugo Ceseri
Ugo Ceseri
Marcone
Gino Viotti
Gino Viotti
Il sindaco
Alfredo Varelli
Alfredo Varel...
il terzo squadrista
Memmo Carotenuto
Memmo Caroten...
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