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1938 film

The Cuckoo Clock

Directed by	Camillo Mastrocinque
Written by	Alberto Donini (play) Renato Castellani Mario Soldati
Produced by	Romolo Laurenti
Starring	Vittorio De Sica Oretta Fiume Laura Solari
Cinematography	Piero Pupilli Jack Stevens
Edited by	Giorgio Simonelli
Music by	Vittorio Rieti
Production company	Era Film
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	19 September 1938 (1938-09-19)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Cuckoo Clock (Italian: L'orologio a cucù) is a 1938 Italian historical mystery thriller film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Vittorio De Sica, Oretta Fiume and Laura Solari. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Livorno. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gino Brosio.

Synopsis

At the time of Napoleon's escape from Elba, a wealthy banker from Livorno hides his gold in a cuckoo clock to protect it from seizure by revolutionaries.

Cast

Vittorio De Sica as Il capitano Ducci
Oretta Fiume as Paolina
Laura Solari as Elvira
Lamberto Picasso as Il conte Scarabelli
Ugo Ceseri as Barni, il fanatico bonapartista
Gemma Bolognesi as La 'Nenna'
Guglielmo Sinaz as Il banchiere Rosen
Augusto Marcacci as Kreuss, l'ispettore di polizia
Guglielmo Barnabò as Il sergente MacNeill
Sergio Dani as Il lord ammiraglio
Checco Rissone as Narciso
Giuseppe Pierozzi as Tonino

References

Aprà p.85

Bibliography

Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian Cinema 1929-1944. Electa International, 1979.

External links

The Cuckoo Clock at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Camillo Mastrocinque
Queen of the Scala (1937) I Want to Live with Letizia (1938) The Cuckoo Clock (1938) Don Pasquale (1940) The Last Dance (1941) Fedora (1942) Black Gold (1942) A Living Statue (1943) Lost in the Dark (1947) Be Seeing You, Father (1948) The Man with the Grey Glove (1948) The Fighting Men (1950) That Ghost of My Husband (1950) Anna's Sin (1953) Are We Men or Corporals? (1955) Toto in Hell (1955) Totò lascia o raddoppia? (1956) Toto, Peppino and the Outlaws (1956) Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy (1956) The Band of Honest Men (1956) The Lady Doctor (1957) The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina (1958) Toto in Paris (1958) La cambiale (1959) Winter Holidays (1959) Tough Guys (1960) Totòtruffa 62 (1961) I motorizzati (1962) Eighteen in the Sun (1962) Gli eroi del doppio gioco (1962) Terror in the Crypt (1964) Te lo leggo negli occhi (1965) An Angel for Satan (1966) The Most Beautiful Couple in the World (1968)

Films directed by Camillo Mastrocinque

Queen of the Scala (1937)
I Want to Live with Letizia (1938)
The Cuckoo Clock (1938)
Don Pasquale (1940)
The Last Dance (1941)
Fedora (1942)
Black Gold (1942)
A Living Statue (1943)
Lost in the Dark (1947)
Be Seeing You, Father (1948)
The Man with the Grey Glove (1948)
The Fighting Men (1950)
That Ghost of My Husband (1950)
Anna's Sin (1953)
Are We Men or Corporals? (1955)
Toto in Hell (1955)
Totò lascia o raddoppia? (1956)
Toto, Peppino and the Outlaws (1956)
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy (1956)
The Band of Honest Men (1956)
The Lady Doctor (1957)
The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina (1958)
Toto in Paris (1958)
La cambiale (1959)
Winter Holidays (1959)
Tough Guys (1960)
Totòtruffa 62 (1961)
I motorizzati (1962)
Eighteen in the Sun (1962)
Gli eroi del doppio gioco (1962)
Terror in the Crypt (1964)
Te lo leggo negli occhi (1965)
An Angel for Satan (1966)
The Most Beautiful Couple in the World (1968)

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