The Flame (1952 Film)

The Flame
The Flame
Directed by	Alessandro Blasetti
Written by	Leonardo Benvenuti ; Alessandro Blasetti
Based on	La Flambée by Henry Kistemaeckers
Starring	Amedeo Nazzari ; Eleonora Rossi Drago ; Elisa Cegani
Cinematography	Carlo Montuori
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Alessandro Cicognini
Production; companies	Excelsa Film ; Società Italiana Cines
Distributed by	Minerva Film
Release date	18 October 1952;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Flame (Italian: La Fiammata) is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Elisa Cegani.^[1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mario Chiari.

Plot

With the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 imminent, a reception is held in the castle of the Counts Stettin. Guests included Colonel Felt, brother of Countess Yvonne, and his wife Monica. Minister Beaucourt arrives suddenly, in the past a companion in arms of the colonel and now his political opponent. Beaucourt, who is in love with Monica, tells Felt that his plans to defend the borders have been rejected, and the colonel is outraged. Beaucourt, taking advantage of Monica's disagreement with her husband, is assiduously courting her. Meanwhile, the banker Glogan, an ancient lover of Countess Yvonne, arrives at the castle, who in the past has lent large sums to the colonel, who is unable to repay the money. Glogan then offers to cancel the debt if Felt gives him the plans for the fortifications. Felt, indignant, kills the agent of the enemy. Beaucourt decides to take advantage of what happened to eliminate his rival, but in the end, thanks to Monica's intervention, knowing the true intentions of Glogan and the reasons that led Felt to kill, Beaucourt gives up taking action against the colonel.

Cast

Amedeo Nazzari as Colonel Felt
Eleonora Rossi Drago as Monica
Elisa Cegani as Yvonne Stettin
Roldano Lupi as Baron Glogau
Carlo Ninchi as Count Stettin
Delia Scala as Teresa Derrieux
Rolf Tasna as Marcello Beaucourt
Sergio Tofano as Belmont
Mario Scaccia as Mauret
Franco Jamonte as Capitan Dufresné
Sofia Glinski as Contessa de Mauriac

References

^ PIGHETTI, CLELIA (1995-01-01). "GIANFRANCO MORMINO, «Penetralia motus». La fondazione relativistica della meccanica in Christiaan Huygens, con l'edizione del «Codex Hugeniorum 7 A», Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1993, 355 pp". Nuncius. 10 (1): 375–377. doi: 10.1163/221058785x00318. ISSN 0394-7394.

External links

The Flame at IMDb

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[1] PIGHETTI, CLELIA (1995-01-01). "GIANFRANCO MORMINO, «Penetralia motus». La fondazione relativistica della meccanica in Christiaan Huygens, con l'edizione del «Codex Hugeniorum 7 A», Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1993, 355 pp". Nuncius. 10 (1): 375–377. doi: 10.1163/221058785x00318. ISSN 0394-7394.

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