The Gadfly (1955)
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...
Director: Alexandr Faintsimmer
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Oleg Strizhenov as Arthur Burton / Felice Rivarez |
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Marianna Strizhenova as Gemma |
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Nikolai Simonov as Cardinal Montanelli |
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Vladimir Etush as Cesare Martini |
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Semen Svashenko as Marcone |
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Pavel Usovnichenko as Giuseppe |
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Vadim Medvedev as Giovanni Bolla |
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Vladimir Chestnokov as Domenichino |
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Ruben Simonov as Father Cardi |
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Antoni Khodursky as Grassini |
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Anna Lisyanskaya as Grassini's Wife |
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Grigoriy Shpigel as James Burton |
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Yelena Yunger as Julia |
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Boris Dmokhovsky as City Commandant |
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Yakov Malyutin as Colonel |
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Konstantin Adashevsky as Austrian general |
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Emmanuil Geller as Informant |
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Boris Ilyasov as Officer |
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Sergei Karnovich-Valua as Priest |
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Efim Kopelyan as Chief of the Border Post |
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Georgi Millyar as Beggar |
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Pavel Pankov as Officer |
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Alexander Zhukov as |
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Aleksandr Ardi as Ricardo, doctor |
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Vladimir Taskin as |
| Directing | Alexandr Faintsimmer | Director |
| Writing | Ethel LIlian Voynich | Novel |
| Sound | Dmitri Shostakovich | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Evgeny Eney | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Berta Manevich | Costume Design |
| Camera | Andrey Moskvin | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Yevgeni Gabrilovich | Writer |
| Directing | Iosif Shapiro | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Vyacheslav Fastovich | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Ilya Volk | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vasiliy Ulyanov | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Aleksandra Borovskaya | Editor |
| Art | Ye. Yakuba | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Jonas Gricius | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | S. Ivanov | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | A. Abramov | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ye. Vishneskaya | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Anna Tubenshlyak | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Krotkin | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Mariya Kandat | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Zazulin | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Pokrovskiy | Visual Effects Camera |
| Production | Mikhail Gendenshteyn | Executive Producer |
