Il Conte di Matera

1958 Italian adventure film

May 8, 1958 (1958-05-08)

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Il Conte di Matera (lit. The Count of Matera) is a 1958 Italian adventure film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Virna Lisi and Otello Toso.^[1]^[2]

Synopsis

Rambaldo Tramontana is the protagonist; a count who went into battle backed by the French. He returns to Matera to take revenge once he is victorious, but the city is deserted and he begins to commit abuses and violence. Filiberto, his perfidious squire, thinks he can marry his daughter, Greta. She discovers that Paolo, the son of Duke Bresci, is not dead as wrongly communicated. She falls in love with him while the young man vows to avenge his father, who was forced into exile by Count Tramontana, and tries to free his daughter, Gisella, who engaged to Count Mario Del Balzo. Paolo, aided by reinforcements, manages to conquer Matera while Rambaldo and Filiberto are killed after a bloody sword fight. Once the city is liberated, two weddings are celebrated.^[3]^{[failed verification]}

Cast

Otello Toso as Rambaldo Tramontana, Count of Matera
Virna Lisi as Greta Tramontana
Giacomo Rossi Stuart as Duke Paolo Bressi
Paul Müller as Filiberto
Eva Vanicek as Marquisse Taldi
Aldo Bufi Landi as Count Mario Del Balzo
Wandisa Guida as Gisella Bressi
Emilio Petacci as Duke Bressi
Guido Celano as Giacomo
Nietta Zocchi as Greta's Housekeeper
Armando Migliari as Antonio
Bruna Cealti as Giacomo's Wife
Pasquale De Filippo as Alfredo
Renato Chiantoni as Rambaldo's Henchman
Pietro De Vico as Golia
Erminio Spalla as Golia's 's Henchman
Carlo Tamberlani as The architect
Edoardo Toniolo as Count Ruggi
Nerio Bernardi as Marquis Taldi
Nazzareno Zamperla as Marco
Elena Sedlak as The Ballerina
Ugo Sasso as The Messenger
Corrado Annicelli as The Spy
Amedeo Trilli as Greta's Escort Soldier

References

^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). "Conte di Matera, Il". Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film Dal 1945 al 1959 [Dictionary of Italian Cinema: Films From 1945 to 1959] (in Italian). Vol. 2. Rome: Gremese Editore. p. 103. ISBN 88-7605-548-7. Retrieved 2023-10-28 – via Google Books.
^ Adele Falasca (2001). Basilicata, Calabria CZ: I Sassi di Matera. Istituto enciclopedico italiano, 2001. ISBN 8887983046.
^ "Il Conte di Matera". tusciaterradicinema.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-29.