The Courier of Moncenisio (1954 film)

1954 film

The Courier of Moncenisio
Film poster
Directed by	Guido Brignone
Written by	Jean Bouchardy (novel) Liana Ferri Ivo Perilli Guido Brignone
Produced by	Alberto Manca
Starring	Roldano Lupi Virna Lisi Arnoldo Foà Jean Chevrier
Cinematography	Romolo Garroni
Edited by	Jolanda Benvenuti
Music by	Carlo Innocenzi
Production company	Radius Productions
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	30 December 1954 (1954-12-30) (Italy)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Courier of Moncenisio (Italian: Il vetturale del Moncenisio) is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Roldano Lupi, Virna Lisi and Arnoldo Foà. It is the last of three film adaptation of the 1852 novel Jean le Coucher by Jean Bouchardy.

Plot

Nineteenth century. A woman, believing she has been widowed by her carrier husband, remarries a noble. He is actually plotting to get hold of a large inheritance, but he gets caught and kills himself. At this point, the woman's first husband, believed dead, reappears and rejoins the family.

Cast

Roldano Lupi as Jean Claude Thibaud
Virna Lisi as Jeanne Thibaud, figlia di Jean Claude
Arnoldo Foà as conte di Brissac
Jean Chevrier as Colonnello napoleonico
Rosario Borelli as Henri Roger
Georges Bréhat as Morel
Elisa Cegani
Anita Durante
Checco Durante
Enrica Dyrell
Luciano Fatur
Cristina Grado
Eugenio Maggi
Renato Malavasi
Maria Grazia Monaci
Luciana Paluzzi
Gustavo Serena
Mirco Testi
Catherine Zago

References

Moliterno, Gino (2009). The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7059-8.
^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 49. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.

External links

v t e The films of Guido Brignone
The Painting of Osvaldo Mars (1921) The Pearl of Cleopatra (1922) The Two Sergeants (1922) The Flight of Socrates (1923) Saetta Learns to Live (1924) Emperor Maciste (1924) Maciste in the Lion's Cage (1926) The Giant of the Dolomites (1927) Mary's Big Secret (1928) The Man Without Love (1929) Devotion (1929) Before the Jury (1931) The Charmer (1931) La Wally (1932) Paradise (1932) Pergolesi (1932) Just Married (1934) The Little Schoolmistress (1934) Loyalty of Love (1934) Red Passport (1935) Ginevra degli Almieri (1935) The Ancestor (1936) Beggar's Wedding (1936) Marcella (1937) To Live (1937) For Men Only (1938) Under the Southern Cross (1938) Kean (1940) Beatrice Cenci (1941) The Gorgon (1942) Disturbance (1942) Maria Malibran (1943) Baron Carlo Mazza (1948) Buried Alive (1949) The Count of Saint Elmo (1950) Il nido di Falasco (1950) The Ungrateful Heart (1951) Deceit (1952) Ivan, Son of the White Devil (1953) Storms (1953) The Courier of Moncenisio (1954) Sunset in Naples (1955) Sheba and the Gladiator (1959)

The films of Guido Brignone

The Painting of Osvaldo Mars (1921)
The Pearl of Cleopatra (1922)
The Two Sergeants (1922)
The Flight of Socrates (1923)
Saetta Learns to Live (1924)
Emperor Maciste (1924)
Maciste in the Lion's Cage (1926)
The Giant of the Dolomites (1927)
Mary's Big Secret (1928)
The Man Without Love (1929)
Devotion (1929)
Before the Jury (1931)
The Charmer (1931)
La Wally (1932)
Paradise (1932)
Pergolesi (1932)
Just Married (1934)
The Little Schoolmistress (1934)
Loyalty of Love (1934)
Red Passport (1935)
Ginevra degli Almieri (1935)
The Ancestor (1936)
Beggar's Wedding (1936)
Marcella (1937)
To Live (1937)
For Men Only (1938)
Under the Southern Cross (1938)
Kean (1940)
Beatrice Cenci (1941)
The Gorgon (1942)
Disturbance (1942)
Maria Malibran (1943)
Baron Carlo Mazza (1948)
Buried Alive (1949)
The Count of Saint Elmo (1950)
Il nido di Falasco (1950)
The Ungrateful Heart (1951)
Deceit (1952)
Ivan, Son of the White Devil (1953)
Storms (1953)
The Courier of Moncenisio (1954)
Sunset in Naples (1955)
Sheba and the Gladiator (1959)

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