The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
Diavolo's bandits fight Napoleon's troops and so King Ferdinand IV, the Neapolitan king, makes Fra Diavolo a Colonel. In the meantime the bandit also falls in love with Marietta, the king's illegitimate child.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Mario SoldatiDirector
- Nicola ManzariScreenplay
- Vittorio Nino NovareseScreenplay
- Mario SoldatiScreenplay
- Pierre LestringuezScreenplay
- Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Amedeo NazzariMichele Pezza detto 'Fra Diavolo'
- Maria MaubanMarietta
- Jean ChevrierGénéral Hugo
- Paolo StoppaPeppino Luciani
- Enrico ViarisioCardinal Ruffo
- Nando BrunoBeato, the innkeeper
- Jacqueline PierreuxNora
- Guido CelanoBorbonne Sergeant
- Giuseppe PorelliFerdinando King of Borbonne
- Felice MinottiFuriere Dupont
- Virgilio RientoBrother Marco
- Enrico LuziThe sentry