Neapolitan Carousel (Italian: Carosello napoletano) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Ettore Giannini and starring Léonide Massine, Achille Millo and Agostino Salvietti. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival,[1] winning its International Prize.[2][3] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Naples. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mario Chiari.
Neapolitan Carousel | |
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Directed by | Ettore Giannini |
Written by | Remigio Del Grosso Ettore Giannini Giuseppe Marotta |
Produced by | Carlo Ponti |
Starring | Léonide Massine Achille Millo Agostino Salvietti |
Cinematography | Piero Portalupi |
Edited by | Niccolò Lazzari |
Music by | Raffaele Gervasio |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Lux Film |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[4]