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LO SPARVIERO DEL NILO

the sparrow hawk of the nile

Country: Italy
Year: 1949
Duration: 99'


Leila, a young woman who has inherited a large patrimony from her grandfather, goes to Cairo. She ends up in the middle of dramatic adventures and is saved by Rachid, a sheikh known as "The Sparrow Hawk", who ends up marrying her.

Biography

film director

Giacomo Gentilomo

Cast

& Credits

Director: Giacomo Gentilomo.
Plot: Vittorio Nino Novarese.
Screenplay: Giacomo Gentilomo, Vittorio Nino Novarese.
Director of photography: Tino Santoni.
Art director: Falfredo Montori.
Music: Alessandro Cicognini.
Cast and characters: Vittorio Gassman (Yussuf), Silvana Pampanini (Leila), Folco Lulli (Ibrahim), Enzo Fiermonte (sceicco Rachid), Jone Morino (madame Corinne), Enzo Biliotti (banchiere Micropulos), Saro Utzi (Sahid), Elvy Lisavak (Selika), Pina Alpern, Oreste Fares.
Produzione e Italian distribution: Fulvio Lucisano per Italian International Film.
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