THE GADFLY (1955)

The Gadfly
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The Gadfly
Drama, Action, War, Adventure
April 12, 1955
Russian
1h 42m
Soviet Union
Lenfilm

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...

Cast & Characters

Oleg Strizhenov

Arthur Burton / Felice Rivarez

Nikolai Simonov

Cardinal Montanelli

Vladimir Etush

Cesare Martini

Vadim Medvedev

Giovanni Bolla

Ruben Simonov

Father Cardi

Anna Lisyanskaya

Grassini's Wife

Grigoriy Shpigel

James Burton

Boris Dmokhovsky

City Commandant

Konstantin Adashevsky

Austrian general

Efim Kopelyan

Chief of the Border Post

Aleksandr Ardi

Ricardo, doctor

Crew

Dmitri Shostakovich

Original Music Composer

Andrey Moskvin

Director of Photography

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