A Pistol Shot (1942)
Count Anikoff, a Russian officer, challenges his best friend, Sergei, to a duel when he finds him courting the young woman he, too, is in love with. Sergei can't bring himself to kill his friend. He fires only after taking the bullet out of his pistol. Now, it is the Count's turn to fire...
Director:
Renato Castellani
Writers:
Renato Castellani, Mario Bonfantini, Mario Soldati, Corrado Pavolini.
![]() |
Assia Noris as Mascia |
![]() |
Fosco Giachetti as Andrea Anickoff |
![]() |
Antonio Centa as Sergio Drutzky |
![]() |
Rubi D'Alma as La contessa Giulia |
![]() |
Renato Cialente as Gerardo de Valmont |
![]() |
Mimi Dugini as Antonietta, sua figlia |
| Directing | Renato Castellani | Director |
| Writing | Renato Castellani | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mario Bonfantini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mario Soldati | Screenplay |
| Writing | Corrado Pavolini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alexander Pushkin | Story |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Art | Gino Brosio | Art Direction |
| Sound | Vincenzo Tommasini | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Massimo Terzano | Director of Photography |