Tempest (1958 film)

Tempest
Directed by	Alberto Lattuada
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis
Starring	Silvana Mangano
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Cinematography	Aldo Tonti
Release dates	1958
Language	English
Box office	$1.5 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1]

La tempesta (internationally released as Tempest) is a 1958 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It is based on A History of Pugachev and novel The Captain's Daughter both by Alexander Pushkin.^[2] For this film Lattuada was awarded a David di Donatello for Best Director.^[3]

Cast

• Silvana Mangano as Masha
• Van Heflin as Emelyan Pugachov
• Viveca Lindfors as Caterine II
• Geoffrey Horne as Piotr Grinov
• Vittorio Gassman as Prosecutor
• Agnes Moorehead as Vassilissa Mironova
• Robert Keith as Capt. Miranov
• Oskar Homolka as Savelic
• Finlay Currie as Count Grinov
• Laurence Naismith as Maj. Zurin
• Helmut Dantine as Svabrin
• Fulvia Franco as Palaska
• Aldo Silvani as Pope Gerasim
• Claudio Gora as Minister of Caterine II
• Guido Celano as the farmer
• Cristina Gaioni as the young girl

References

1. "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34
2. Callisto Cosulich. I Film di Alberto Lattuada. Gremese Editore, 1985. ISBN 8876051872.
3. Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.

External links

• La tempesta at the Internet Movie Database