Sun (film)

Sun (Italian: Sole) is a 1929 Italian silent drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Marcello Spada, Vasco Creti and Dria Paola. The film was set around the planned draining of the Pontine Marshes by Benito Mussolini's Fascist government.^[1] It was shot partly on location, which added a sense of realism. Mussolini was impressed by the result and described it as "the dawn of the Fascist film".^[2]

Sun
Dria Paola and Marcello Spada
Directed by	Alessandro Blasetti
Written by	Aldo Vergano Alessandro Blasetti
Starring	Marcello Spada Vasco Creti Dria Paola Vittorio Vaser
Cinematography	Giuseppe Caracciolo Carlo Montuori Giorgio Orsini
Edited by	Alessandro Blasetti
Production company	Augustus Film
Release date	16 June 1929 (1929-06-16)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Silent Italian intertitles

The film was destroyed during the Second World War, and survives only in still photographs.^[3]

Cast

• Marcello Spada as Ing. Rinaldi
• Vasco Creti as Marco
• Dria Paola as Giovanna
• Vittorio Vaser as Silvestro
• Lia Bosco as Barbara
• Anna Vinci
• Rolando Costantino
• Rinaldo Rinaldi
• Arcangelo Aversa
• Arnaldo Baldaccini
• Sante Bonaldo
• Vittorio Gonzi
• Igino Nunzio