The Gorgon

The Gorgon (1942)

DramaHistory

1017 AD. The Republic of Pisa is organizing a fleet to drive out the Saracens who are infesting the Mediterranean. While the forces are away "The Gorgon," the young daughter of a Pisan nobleman who has been heroically killed, comes to be solemnly invested as the figurehead virgin who will maintain a lantern to celebrate the men's victorious return. In charge of the home guard is an ambitious young Florentine who feels deprived of the forthcoming honour and glory, and who seeks revenge by violating the sacred person of the virgin. He gains access to her well guarded quarters, but when the Gorgon falls helplessly in love with him, his desire for vengeance falls away. His plot exposed, he commits suicide rather than invoke the wrath of the Pisans. The Gorgon too takes her life by throwing herself from a high tower. Meanwhile, the victorious Pisan vessels return.

Director: Guido Brignone

Casts

	Mariella Lotti as Spina di Pietro, la Gorgona
	Rossano Brazzi as Lamberto Finquinaldo
	Camillo Pilotto as Marcello Finquinaldo, padre di Lamberto
	Piero Carnabuci as Arrigo del Coscetto
	Annibale Betrone as Il conte Ranieri
	Tina Lattanzi as La contessa Matilde di Toscana
	Lauro Gazzolo as Il fedele servo di Spina
	Enza Delbi as Bianca
	Gorella Gori as Berta
	Emilio Cigoli as Miniato - lo scudiero
	Giulia Martinelli as Celeste
	Amelia Beretta as Berta
	Achille Majeroni as Il console Marignano
	Cesare Fantoni as Pietro Moricone - vescovo
	Giorgio Capecchi as Capitano Borso
	Giovanni Onorato as Nicastro
	Tatiana Farnese as Figlia del conte Ranieri
	Loli Bonfanti as Seconda figlia
	Amedeo Trilli as Il guardiano marito di Angela
	Raimondo Van Riel as Pietro Capronesi

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