The Return of Cagliostro (2003)
In the Sicily of the late 1940s, two brother sculptors, tired of selling madonnas to the local churches, finally realize their dream, and set up a Sicilian production company, thanks to the help of a local bishop. They start producing one box-office failure Z-movie after the other, all with terribly bad local non-pros as actors. Covered in debts, they finally have their great chance, when a local nobleman obsessed by magic decides to invest all his wealth in the making of a movie about Cagliostro, just one year after Orson Welles' Black Magic (1949). They hire a famous American actor (Robert Englund) and start shooting "The Return of Cagliostro".
Directors:
Franco Maresco, Daniele Ciprì.
Writers:
Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco.
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Robert Englund as Erroll Douglas |
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Luigi Maria Burruano as Carmelo La Marca |
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Franco Vito Gaiezza as Vincent Cusumano |
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Pietro Giordano as Cardinal Sucato / Pino Grisanti |
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Davide Marotta as Dwarf |
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Franco Scaldati as Salvatore La Marca |
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Mauro Spitaleri as Baron |
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Gino Carista as |
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Giacomo Civiletti as Onorevole Porcaro |
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Carlo Giordano as |
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Tatti Sanguineti as Self |
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Gregorio Napoli as Self |
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Angelo Prollo as |
| Editing | Fabio Nunziata | Editor |
| Art | Nicola Sferruzza | Production Design |
| Art | Cesare Inzerillo | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patrizia Quaranta | Costume Design |
| Camera | Daniele Ciprì | Director of Photography |
| Production | Claudia Uzzo | Casting |
| Production | Barbara Spina | Production Manager |
| Sound | Salvatore Bonafede | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Franco Maresco | Director |
| Writing | Daniele Ciprì | Screenplay |
| Directing | Daniele Ciprì | Director |
| Writing | Franco Maresco | Screenplay |
| Production | Loris Curci | Producer |
| Production | Mario Mazzarotto | Producer |
| Production | Pippo Bisso | Producer |
| Production | Silvana Carrara | Producer |