Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto

Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto
Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto
Directed by	Goffredo Alessandrini
Screenplay by	Bruno Valeri; Ákos Tolnay; Riccardo Freda; Gherardo Gherardi; Goffredo Alessandrini;
Story by	Bruno Valeri; Vittorio Verga;
Produced by	Francesco Curato
Starring	Amedeo Nazzari; Clara Calamai; Lamberto Picasso; Nino Crisman;
Cinematography	Aldo Toni; Jan Stallich;
Edited by	Giancarlo Cappelli
Music by	Riccardo Zandonai
Production; company	Elica Film
Distributed by	Minerva Film
Release date	6 February 1941 (Italy);
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Italy

Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Clara Calamai and Lamberto Picasso. Nazzari portrays the painter Caravaggio as a wayward genius. It was one of his favourite screen roles.^[2]

Main cast

Amedeo Nazzari as Michelangelo Merisi, il "Caravaggio"
Clara Calamai as Madonna Giaconella
Lamberto Picasso as Il cavalier d'Arpino
Nino Crisman as Alef di Wignacourt
Lauro Gazzolo as Zio Nello
Beatrice Mancini as Lena
Olinto Cristina as Il cardinale Dal Monte
Maria Dominiani as Alessandra
Achille Majeroni as Il cardinale Scipione Borghese
Renato Malavasi as Mauro

Production

Screenwriter Riccardo Freda met Francesco Curato and partner of his Carbone, who were trying to produce a film on the Italian painter Caravaggio.^[3] The budget of the film became higher and higher. It was shot in 1940 and was released the following year, making it the first film from Elica Film.^[3] Freda is credited in the film as having "collaborated to the making of the film."^[4] Besides working on the screenplay, Freda acted as the executive producer and worked on the art direction and created a maquette of the port of Ostia.^[4]

The film starred Amedeo Nazzari was among Italy's most popular actors at the time and was conflicted with the role when his character Caravaggio did not embrace or kiss any woman in the film, which he thought would put his career at risk.^[4]

Release

Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto was distributed theatrically in Italy by Minerva Film on 6 February 1941.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Curti 2017, p. 294.
^ Gundle 2013, p. 192.
^ ^a ^b Curti 2017, p. 27.
^ ^a ^b ^c Curti 2017, p. 28.

Bibliography

Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387.
Gundle, Stephen (2013). Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books.

External links

Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTECurti2017294-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Curti 2017, p. 294.

[FOOTNOTEGundle2013192-2] Gundle 2013, p. 192.

[FOOTNOTECurti201727-3] Curti 2017, p. 27.

[FOOTNOTECurti201728-4] Curti 2017, p. 28.

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List of paintings
1593–1594	Boy Peeling Fruit (c. 1592) Young Sick Bacchus (c. 1593) Boy with a Basket of Fruit (c. 1593) Boy Bitten by a Crayfish (c. 1593; lost) The Fortune Teller (c. 1594) The Cardsharps (c. 1594)
1595–1599 Del Monte paintings	The Musicians (c. 1595) Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy (c. 1595) Boy Bitten by a Lizard (c. 1596) The Lute Player (c. 1596) Bacchus (c. 1596) Penitent Magdalene (c. 1597) Rest on the Flight into Egypt (c. 1597) Medusa (c. 1597) Portrait of a Courtesan (Fillide Melandroni) (c. 1597) Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto (c. 1597) Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1598) The Sacrifice of Isaac (Princeton; c. 1598) John the Baptist (c. 1598) Martha and Mary Magdalene (c. 1598) Portrait of Maffeo Barberini (1598) Basket of Fruit (c. 1599) Judith Beheading Holofernes (c. 1599) David and Goliath (c. 1599) Narcissus (c. 1599)
1600–1606 Most famous painter in Rome	The Calling of Saint Matthew (1599–1600) The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew (1599–1600) The Conversion of Saint Paul (1600) The Crucifixion of Saint Peter (1601) The Conversion of Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus (1601) Supper at Emmaus (London; 1601) Amor Victorious (1602) Saint Matthew and the Angel (1602; destroyed) The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (1602) The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (c. 1602) The Taking of Christ (1602) The Entombment of Christ (c. 1603) Saint Francis in Prayer (c. 1603) The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew (c. 1603–1606) Madonna of Loreto (Madonna dei Pellegrini, Pilgrims' Madonna) (c. 1604) The Crowning with Thorns (Prato; 1604) The Death of the Virgin (1604) Christ on the Mount of Olives (1605) Ecce Homo (Genoa; c. 1605) Saint Jerome in Meditation (c. 1605) Saint Jerome Writing (Rome; c. 1605) Portrait of Pope Paul V (1605) Still Life with Fruit (1605) Madonna and Child with Saint Anne (Dei Palafrenieri) (1606)
1606–1608 Naples and Malta	Ecce Homo (Madrid; c. 1605–1609) Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy (1606) Saint Francis in Meditation (1606) Supper at Emmaus (Milan; 1606) The Seven Works of Mercy (1606) The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew (1607) David with the Head of Goliath (Vienna; 1607) Madonna of the Rosary (1607) The Crowning with Thorns (Vienna; 1607) The Flagellation of Christ (c. 1607) Christ at the Column (c. 1607) Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (London; c. 1607) Saint Jerome Writing (Valletta; 1607) Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page (1607–1608) Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli (1608) The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (1608) Sleeping Cupid (1608)
1608–1610 Sicily and Naples	The Annunciation (1608) The Burial of Saint Lucy (1608) The Raising of Lazarus (1609) Adoration of the Shepherds (1609) Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence (1609; lost) Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Madrid; 1609) Denial of Saint Peter (1610) The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (1610) David with the Head of Goliath (Rome; 1610)
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