The Gadfly

The Gadfly (1955)


  • Genre: Drama, Action, War, Adventure
  • Release Date: 1955-04-12
  • User Rating: 4.9/10 from 8 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Language: Pусский
  • Production Company: Lenfilm
  • Production Country: Soviet Union
  • Director: Alexandr Faintsimmer
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Summary

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...

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  • Oleg Strizhenov

    as Arthur Burton / Felice Rivarez
  • Marianna Strizhenova

    as Gemma
  • Nikolai Simonov

    as Cardinal Montanelli
  • Vladimir Etush

    as Cesare Martini
  • Semyon Svashenko

    as Marcone
  • Pavel Usovnichenko

    as Giuseppe
  • Vadim Medvedev

    as Giovanni Bolla
  • Vladimir Chestnokov

    as Domenichino
  • Ruben Simonov

    as Father Cardi
  • Antoni Khodursky

    as Grassini
  • Anna Lisyanskaya

    as Grassini's Wife
  • Grigoriy Shpigel

    as James Burton
  • Yelena Yunger

    as Julia
  • Boris Dmokhovsky

    as City Commandant
  • Yakov Malyutin

    as Colonel
  • Konstantin Adashevsky

    as Austrian Cardinal
  • Emmanuil Geller

    as Informant
  • Boris Ilyasov

    as Officer
  • Sergei Karnovich-Valua

    as Priest
  • Efim Kopelyan

    as Chief of the Border Post
  • Georgi Millyar

    as Beggar
  • Pavel Pankov

    as Officer
  • Alexander Zhukov

    as
Production Iosif Shapiro Producer
Production Ye. Vishneskaya Associate Producer
Directing Alexandr Faintsimmer Director
Writing Ethel LIlian Voynich Novel
Production A. Tubenshiyak Associate Producer
Production A. Abramov Associate Producer
Writing Viktor Shklovskiy Writer
Sound Dmitri Shostakovich Original Music Composer
Art Evgeny Eney Production Design
Sound Ilya Volk Sound
Costume & Make-Up Berta Manevich Costume Design
Camera Andrey Moskvin Director of Photography