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...
Released: Apr 12, 1955
Runtime: 102 minutes
Genre: Drama, Action, War, Adventure
Stars: Oleg Strizhenov, Marianna Strizhenova, Nikolai Simonov, Vladimir Etush, Semyon Svashenko, Pavel Usovnichenko
Crew: Alexandr Faintsimmer (Director), Ethel LIlian Voynich (Novel), Ye. Vishneskaya (Associate Producer), Iosif Shapiro (Producer), Viktor Shklovskiy (Writer), A. Abramov (Associate Producer)