| The Legend of the Piave | |
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| Directed by | Riccardo Freda |
| Written by | Riccardo Freda Giuseppe Mangione |
| Produced by | Manlio Morelli |
| Starring | Gianna Maria Canale Carlo Giustini Renato Baldini |
| Cinematography | Sergio Pesce |
| Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
Production company | Produzione Film Colamonici Tupini |
| Distributed by | Indipendenti Regionali |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Legend of the Piave (Italian:La leggenda del piave) is a 1952 Italianwarmelodrama film directed byRiccardo Freda and starringGianna Maria Canale,Carlo Giustini andRenato Baldini.[1] It takes its name from the 1918patriotic song of the same name, although there is little connection between the song's lyrics and the plot of the film.[2] It was filmed over four weeks, mostly at theTitanus Studios inRome.[3] The film's sets were designed by theart directorAlfredo Montori.
During theFirst World War,countess Giovanna Dolfin discovers that her husband thecount is in fact an opportunist who has only enlisted in theItalian Army in order to carry outblack market activities. She plans to leave him but he ultimately redeems himself following the disastrousBattle of Caporetto and the subsequent fighting on thePiave River, where he is badly wounded.
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