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:
Mario Soldati, Mario Bonfantini, Corrado Pavolini, Renato Castellani.
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Assia Noris as Mascia |
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Fosco Giachetti as Andrea Anickoff |
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Antonio Centa as Sergio Drutzky |
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Rubi D'Alma as La contessa Giulia |
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Renato Cialente as Gerardo de Valmont |
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Mimi Dugini as Antonietta, sua figlia |
| Writing | Mario Soldati | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mario Bonfantini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alexander Pushkin | Story |
| Writing | Corrado Pavolini | Screenplay |
| Directing | Renato Castellani | Director |
| Writing | Renato Castellani | Screenplay |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Art | Gino Brosio | Art Direction |
| Camera | Massimo Terzano | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vincenzo Tommasini | Original Music Composer |