The Gadfly (1955)
April 12, 1955Release Date
The Gadfly (1955)
April 12, 1955Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Oleg Strizhenov
Arthur
Marianna Strizhenova
Gemma
Nikolai Simonov
Cardinal Montanelli
Semyon Svashenko
Marcone
Vladimir Etush
Martini
Alexandr Faintsimmer
Director
Pavel Usovnichenko
Giuseppe
Yevgeni Gabrilovich
Writer
Vadim Medvedev
Giovanni Bolla
Ethel LIlian Voynich
Writer
Vladimir Chestnokov
Domenichino
Dmitri Shostakovich
Composer
Ruben Simonov
Father Cardi
Antoni Khodursky
Grassini
Andrey Moskvin
Cinematographer
Anna Lisyanskaya
Grassini's Wife
Aleksandra Borovskaya
Editor
Grigoriy Shpigel
James Burton
Yelena Yunger
Julia
Boris Dmokhovsky
City Commandant
Yakov Malyutin
Colonel
Konstantin Adashevsky
Austrian Cardinal
Emmanuil Geller
Informant
Boris Ilyasov
Officer
Sergei Karnovich-Valua
Priest
Efim Kopelyan
Chief of the Border Post
Georgi Millyar
Beggar
Pavel Pankov
Officer
Iosif Shapiro
Producer
Viktor Shklovskiy
Writer
A. Abramov
Associate Producer
A. Tubenshiyak
Associate Producer
Ye. Vishneskaya
Associate Producer
Evgeny Eney
Production Design
Ilya Volk
Sound
Bella Manevich-Kaplan
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 12, 1955
Original NameОвод
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Genres
Wiki.
The Gadfly (Russian: Овод, romanized: Ovod) is a 1955 Soviet historical drama film based on the novel by Ethel Lilian Voynich and directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer. In 1955 the film was third in attendance in the Soviet Union, collecting 39.16 million ticket sales.The motion picture tells a story of the underground struggle of Italian patriots against the Austrian invaders for independence of their homeland. Against the background of these events is a tragic story of a man transformed from a pure heart and an enthusiastic young man to a ruthless revolutionary—the legendary and elusive Gadfly.
The film adaptation is more ideological than the Voynich novel. The romantic subplot was significantly reduced; Arthur and Gemma are shown not as lovers but as party comrades and the jealousy between Arthur and Giovanni due to Gemma is not depicted.