Giarabub (film)

Giarabub
Ninchi and Ferrari in a film scene
Directed by	Goffredo Alessandrini
Written by	Oreste Biancoli Alberto Consiglio Gherardo Gherardi Asvero Gravelli Gian Gaspare Napolitano Orio Vergani
Starring	Carlo Ninchi Mario Ferrari Doris Duranti Carlo Romano
Cinematography	Giuseppe Caracciolo Livio Dall'Aglio
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Production company	Scalera Film
Distributed by	Scalera Film
Release date	8 May 1942
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Giarabub is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Carlo Ninchi, Mario Ferrari and Doris Duranti. The film was a propaganda work which portrayed the Siege of Giarabub (1940–41) during the Second World War, in which Italian troops defended Jaghbub, Libya, for nine months against British forces.

Partial Cast

• Carlo Ninchi as Il maggiore Castagna
• Mario Ferrari as Il capitano Del Grande
• Doris Duranti as Dolores
• Carlo Romano as Il maresciallo Romano
• Annibale Betrone as Il dottor Alberti
• Elio Steiner as Il tenente Negri
• Erminio Spalla as Il meccanico "Mago Bakù" Brambilla
• Corrado De Cenzo as Il capitano De Cenzo
• Guido Notari as Il maggiore Squillace
• Mario Liberati as Il telegrafista Liberati
• Nico Pepe as Il tenente Corsi
• Emilio Cigoli as Il maggiore John Williams

Bibliography

• Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• Giarabub at IMDb