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The Gadfly
The Gadfly

The Gadfly

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Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing. Student Arthur Burton is involved in the activities of the underground organization “Young Italy”, envies its leader, Giovanni Bolla, and is jealous of his bride Gemma. He talks about this at a confession to a priest, as a result of which gendarmes take revolutionaries under arrest...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

102 mins

Rating

5.1/10

Release Date

12 April 1955

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Oleg Strizhenov

Oleg Strizhenov

Arthur Burton / Felice Rivarez

Marianna Strizhenova

Marianna Strizhenova

Gemma

Nikolai Simonov

Nikolai Simonov

Cardinal Montanelli

Vladimir Etush

Vladimir Etush

Cesare Martini

Semyon Svashenko

Semyon Svashenko

Marcone

Pavel Usovnichenko

Pavel Usovnichenko

Giuseppe

Vadim Medvedev

Vadim Medvedev

Giovanni Bolla

Vladimir Chestnokov

Vladimir Chestnokov

Domenichino

Ruben Simonov

Ruben Simonov

Father Cardi

Antoni Khodursky

Antoni Khodursky

Grassini

Anna Lisyanskaya

Anna Lisyanskaya

Grassini's Wife

Grigoriy Shpigel

Grigoriy Shpigel

James Burton

Yelena Yunger

Yelena Yunger

Julia

Boris Dmokhovsky

Boris Dmokhovsky

City Commandant

Yakov Malyutin

Yakov Malyutin

Colonel

Konstantin Adashevsky

Konstantin Adashevsky

Austrian Cardinal

Emmanuil Geller

Emmanuil Geller

Informant

Boris Ilyasov

Boris Ilyasov

Officer

Sergei Karnovich-Valua

Sergei Karnovich-Valua

Priest

Efim Kopelyan

Efim Kopelyan

Chief of the Border Post

Georgi Millyar

Georgi Millyar

Beggar

Pavel Pankov

Pavel Pankov

Officer

Alexander Zhukov

Alexander Zhukov

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