The Cuckoo Clock (film)

The Cuckoo Clock
Directed by	Camillo Mastrocinque
Written by	Alberto Donini (play) Renato Castellani Mario Soldati
Produced by	Romolo Laurenti
Starring	Vittorio De Sica Oretta Fiume Laura Solari
Cinematography	Piero Pupilli Jack Stevens
Edited by	Giorgio Simonelli
Music by	Vittorio Rieti
Production company	Era Film
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	19 September 1938 (1938-09-19)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Cuckoo Clock (Italian: L'orologio a cucù) is a 1938 Italian historical mystery thriller film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Vittorio De Sica, Oretta Fiume and Laura Solari. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Livorno. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gino Brosio.

Synopsis

At the time of Napoleon's escape from Elba, a wealthy banker from Livorno hides his gold in a cuckoo clock to protect it from seizure by revolutionaries.

Cast

• Vittorio De Sica as Il capitano Ducci
• Oretta Fiume as Paolina
• Laura Solari as Elvira
• Lamberto Picasso as Il conte Scarabelli
• Ugo Ceseri as Barni, il fanatico bonapartista
• Gemma Bolognesi as La 'Nenna'
• Guglielmo Sinaz as Il banchiere Rosen
• Augusto Marcacci as Kreuss, l'ispettore di polizia
• Guglielmo Barnabò as Il sergente MacNeill
• Sergio Dani as Il lord ammiraglio
• Checco Rissone as Narciso
• Giuseppe Pierozzi as Tonino

Bibliography

• Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian Cinema 1929-1944. Electa International, 1979.

External links

• The Cuckoo Clock at IMDb