Private Angelo (1949)
1h 46m
Running Time
July 6, 1949Release Date
Plot.
Angelo has been drafted into the Italian Army in World War II. He does not like people shooting at him, so he tries all sorts of tricks to avoid being caught up in the action. However, events always seem to lead him back to the fighting.
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Cast & Crew.
Godfrey Tearle
Count Piccologrando
Maria Denis
Lucrezia
Peter Ustinov
Pvt. Angelo / Producer / Director / Screenplay
Marjorie Rhodes
Countess
James Robertson Justice
Feste
Moyna MacGill
Marchesa Dolce
Robin Bailey
Simon Telfer
Harry Locke
Cpl. Trivet
Details.
Wiki.
Private Angelo is a 1949 British comedy war film directed by Michael Anderson and Peter Ustinov and starring Ustinov, Godfrey Tearle, María Denis and Marjorie Rhodes. It depicts the misadventures of a soldier in the Italian Army during the Second World War. It was adapted from the 1946 novel Private Angelo by Eric Linklater. The film's costumes were designed by Ustinov's mother Nadia Benois.
A number of scenes were filmed in the Italian village of Trequanda in the Province of Siena. It also featured music played by the Società Filarmonica di Trequanda. Interiors were shot at Welwyn Studios, with sets designed by the art director John Howell.