Cavalry (1936 Italian film)

Cavalry (Italian: Cavalleria) is a 1936 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Elisa Cegani and Luigi Carini. The film marked Nazzari's first role as a lead actor, after making his film debut the previous year. It was a box office success and established some of his personal traits that would be brought out even more clearly in his breakthrough role Luciano Serra, Pilot (1938).

Synopsis
Umberto Solaro, a young cavalry officer, falls in love with a Piedmont Count's daughter. They develop a romantic attachment, but she marries an Austrian baron under family pressure. After his horse dies in an accident during a completion, Solaro transfers into the newly formed Italian Air Force. He falls heroically in combat during the First World War.

Cast

 * Amedeo Nazzari as Umberto Solaro
 * Elisa Cegani as Speranza di Frassineto
 * Luigi Carini as Speranza's father
 * Mario Ferrari as Alberto Ponza
 * Enrico Viarisio as Sottotenente Rolla
 * Clara Padoa as Countess Clotilde, Speranza's mother
 * Silvana Jachino as Carlotta di Frasseneto
 * Adolfo Geri as Vittorio di Frasseneto
 * Ernst Nadherny as Baron of Austria
 * Anna Magnani as Fanny
 * Nora D'Alba as Countess Sandi
 * Silvio Bagolini as Attendant Bagolini
 * Fausto Guerzoni as Other Attendant
 * Oreste Fares as The Doctor
 * Umberto Casilini as Member of the Union Circle
 * Walter Grant as Superior Official
 * Cecyl Tryan as Lady of Torino's Aristocracy
 * Michele Malaspina as Cavalry Officer
 * Albino Principe as Carlotta's Husband
 * Rosina Adrario as Countess Adrari