FILM
 
Luciano Serra pilota

Artefact Type:

film

Description:

Dramatic war film, among the first to be shot at Cinecittà, celebrating key fascist themes and events like the Italian aviation, the Ethiopian war, and male heroism, but with romantic overtones. The protagonist Luciano Serra was a pilot during WW1 and emigrates to South America in 1921; he returns to Europe to fight in the Ethiopian war, and he dies as a hero to save his son, also a pilot fighting in the conflict. Vittorio Mussolini, a pilot himself, supervised the shooting.

Duration (mins):

105

Genre(s):

War Drama

Production Company:

AQUILA FILMS

Director(s):

Goffredo Alessandrini

Assistant Director(s):

Umberto Scarpelli

Producer(s):

Angelo Monti

Composer(s):

Giulio Cesare Sonzogno

Screenwriter(s):

Goffredo Alessandrini
Roberto Rossellini
Ivo Perilli
Francesco Masoero
Fulvio Palmieri
Cesare Giulio Viola

Senic Designer(s):

Gastone Medin

Actor(s):

Mario Ferrari
Andrea Checchi
Giulio Sabetta (known as 'Roberto Villa')
Amedeo Carlo Buffa (known as 'Amedeo Nazzari')
Germana Paolieri

Release Date :

1938

Theme(s) :

Colonial
Propaganda