| The Old Guard | |
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| Directed by | Alessandro Blasetti |
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| Cinematography | Otello Martelli |
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| Music by | Umberto Mancini |
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| Distributed by | Filmimpero |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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The Old Guard (Italian:Vecchia guardia) is a 1934 Italiandrama film directed byAlessandro Blasetti and starringGianfranco Giachetti,Mino Doro, andFranco Brambilla. It was one of several pro-Fascist films made by Blasetti during the era.[1] The film is set in a small Italian town in 1922, where a local group of Fascistblackshirts battle against rivalsocialists who have called astrike at thehospital. Mario, the young son of Doctor Cardini, is killed in the fighting. The film ends with theMarch on Rome that broughtBenito Mussolini to power.
Although intended as sympathetic to the regime, and the methods by which it came to power, the film was not popular with theFascist hierarchy who felt its portrayal of violence undermined the respectable image theNational Fascist Party was now trying to cultivate.[2]
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