Don Bosco (1935 film)

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.^[1] Alessandrini later went on to direct a later, more celebrated biopic of a nineteenth century religious figure with his Cardinal Messias (1939).

Don Bosco
Gianpaolo Rosmino as Don Bosco
Directed by	Goffredo Alessandrini
Written by	Sergio Amidei Onorato Castellino Rufillo Uguccioni Aldo Vergano Goffredo Alessandrini
Starring	Gianpaolo Rosmino Maria Vincenza Stiffi Ferdinando Mayer
Cinematography	Arturo Gallea
Edited by	Giorgio Simonelli
Music by	Giorgio Federico Ghedini
Production company	Lux Film
Release date	1935 (1935)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Cast

• Gianpaolo Rosmino as Don Giovanni Bosco
• Maria Vincenza Stiffi as Margherita, sua madre
• Ferdinando Mayer as Giovanni Bosco as child
• Roberto Pasetti
• Vittorio Vaser
• Felice Minotti
• Cesare Gani Carini
• Arturo Zan