Il Tiranno di Padova (1946)
December 28, 1946Release Date
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Padua, 1540. Angelo is married to Caterina but has a relationship with Tisbe, an actress who travels with Rodolfo presented as her brother in reality her lover but also Catherine's first and true love. Tisbe is also looking for the daughter of the woman who saved her mother from the death penalty and to whom she had donated a crucifix. Caterina, victim of a plot ordered by Angelo and Tisbe, is saved by her in extremis as she recognized in her the daughter of the woman who saved her mother from the death penalty.
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The Tyrant of Padua (Italian: Il tiranno di Padova) is a 1946 Italian historical film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Clara Calamai, Carlo Lombardi and Elsa De Giorgi. It is an adaptation of the 1835 play Angelo, Tyrant of Padua by Victor Hugo. It is set in Padua in the 1540s.
Made by Scalera Films, it was shot at the Cinevillaggio Studios complex in Venice during the wartime Italian Social Republic. The film's sets were designed by the art director Luigi Scaccianoce and Ottavio Scotti.