BigList
Login / Sign up
The Gadfly (1955)

The Gadfly (1955)

Action Drama Adventure War
Release Date: 1955, April 12
Directors: Alexandr Faintsimmer
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Lenfilm
Cast: Emmanuil Geller, Semen Svashenko, Efim Kopelyan, Ruben Simonov, Vladimir Etush, Oleg Strizhenov, Georgi Millyar, Marianna Strizhenova, Pavel Pankov, Konstantin Adashevsky, Vadim Medvedev, Grigoriy Shpigel

Overview:

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...

Keywords:

based on novel or book 18th century italy revolutionary