Movie·1955·1h 42m
The Gadfly
Directed By
Alexandr Faintsimmer
Country
Soviet Union
Language
Russian
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The Story
Original title: Овод
Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing. Student Arthur Burton is involved in the activities of the underground organization “Young Italy”, envies its leader, Giovanni Bolla, and is jealous of his bride Gemma. He talks about this at a confession to a priest, as a result of which gendarmes take revolutionaries under arrest...
Written By
Yevgeni Gabrilovich
Producer
Mikhail Gendenshteyn
Cinematography
Andrey Moskvin
Music
Dmitri Shostakovich
Editor
Aleksandra Borovskaya
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Oleg Strizhenov
Arthur Burton / Felice Rivarez
Marianna Strizhenova
Gemma
Nikolai Simonov
Cardinal Montanelli
Vladimir Etush
Cesare Martini
Semen Svashenko
Marcone
Pavel Usovnichenko
Giuseppe
Vadim Medvedev
Giovanni Bolla
Vladimir Chestnokov
Domenichino
Ruben Simonov
Father Cardi
Antoni Khodursky
Grassini
Anna Lisyanskaya
Grassini's Wife
Grigoriy Shpigel
James Burton
Yelena Yunger
Julia
Boris Dmokhovsky
City Commandant
Yakov Malyutin
Colonel
Konstantin Adashevsky
Austrian general
Emmanuil Geller
Informant
Boris Ilyasov
Officer
// crew
Crew
Alexandr Faintsimmer
Director
Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
Andrey Moskvin
Director of Photography
Yevgeni Gabrilovich
Writer
Aleksandra Borovskaya
Editor
Mikhail Gendenshteyn
Executive Producer
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