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Don Bosco is a 1935 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Gianpaolo Rosmino, Maria Vincenza Stiffi and Ferdinando Mayer. The film is a portrayal of the life of the Catholic Priest John Bosco (1815–1888). It was made by Riccardo Gualino's Lux Film, one of the bigger Italian companies of the era. Alessandrini later went on to direct a later, more celebrated biopic of a nineteenth century religious figure with his Cardinal Messias (1939).
Original Release
05/25/1936
US Release
05/26/1936
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gian Paolo Rosmino | Don Giovanni Bosco |
Ferdinando Mayer | Bosco giovinetto |
Maria Vincenza Stiffi | Margherita, sua madre / Mamma Margherita |
Roberto Pasetti | |
Vittorio Vaser | |
Felice Minotti | |
Cesare Gani Carini | (as Cesare Carini-Gani) |
Pope Pius XI | Self |
Directors
Writers
Goffredo Alessandrini, Sergio Amidei, Onorato Castellino, Rufillo Uguccioni, Aldo Vergano
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gian Paolo Rosmino | Don Giovanni Bosco |
Ferdinando Mayer | Bosco giovinetto |
Maria Vincenza Stiffi | Margherita, sua madre / Mamma Margherita |
Roberto Pasetti | |
Vittorio Vaser | |
Felice Minotti | |
Cesare Gani Carini | (as Cesare Carini-Gani) |
Pope Pius XI | Self |