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Aldebaran is a 1935 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Gino Cervi, Evi Maltagliati and Gianfranco Giachetti. The film was a naval melodrama, an attempt by Blasetti to make a more commercial film following the difficulties encountered with the propagandist The Old Guard (1934).




Plot


After a couple of projects had either been postponed or fallen through for Blasetti, it was suggested that he should make a film about the navy in peacetime. The result is this strange film, which at the outset plays like a propaganda piece for the might of the Italian navy, only to veer off into high melodrama, as it zeroes in on Commander Corrado Valeri (Gino Cervi), and his conflict between duty and the jealousy of his wife. There are comedic asides, a visit to a North African club, affording Blasetti to contribute the first scenes of nudity in Italian film, and there are moments of heroism, including a mission to rescue the doomed crew of a wrecked submarine. As if all of that was not more than enough, the film features a star-studded cast including Evi Maltagliati, Gianfranco Giachetti, Doris Duranti, Elisa Cegani (in her debut), and even a brief cameo by Blasetti himself.




Cast


Gino Cervi as Cmdr. Corrado Valeri
Evi Maltagliati as Anna Weiss
Gianfranco Giachetti as Adm. Claudio Valeri
Egisto Olivieri as Cmdr. Stefano Devon
Elisa Cegani as Nora Bandi
Gianpaolo Rosmino as Luigi Bandi
Ugo Ceseri as Bertrame
Franco Coop as Chief quartermaster Gennarino
Umberto Sacripante as Seaman Stella
Vittorio Vaser as Rocchi
Doris Duranti as Anna's friend
Gemma Bolognesi as Giuditta
Rosina Anselmi as Orsolina
Ermanno Roveri as Solinas
Piero Pastore as Sailor
Aristide Garbini as Assist. boatswain
Vasco Creti as Captain of the Titan
Franco Brambilla (actor) as Young boy
Mario Steni as Lt. Silich
Luigi Pavese as Nora's friend
Tatiana Pavoni as Carlotta
Silvia Melandri as Elsa
Dina Romano as Fortunato's mother
Romolo Costa as Fortunato's brother
Alessandro Blasetti as Radio operator




References






Bibliography


Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.




External links


Aldebaran at IMDb

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