Lieutenant Giorgio
Introduction '''''Lieutenant Giorgio''''' (Italian: '''''Il Tenente Giorgio''''') is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Massimo Girotti, Milly Vitale and Paul Muller. It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome and on location around San Giovanni in Fiore in Calabria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.
Synopsis In 1866 during the Risorgimento, an infantry lieutenant in Calabria fighting bandits is brought to a castle. There it is arranged for him to spend the night with a young woman, whose identity is concealed from him. Unknown to him, she is the daughter of an aristocratic family whose husband has failed to get her pregnant. Years, later, having left the army, the officer returns to the area still intrigued by the mysterious woman.
Cast *Massimo Girotti as Lt. G. Biserta*Milly Vitale as  	Countess  Elisa*Paul Muller as  	Count  Stefano di Monserrato*Gualtiero Tumiati as  	Stefano's Uncle*Teresa Franchini as  	Amalia*Eduardo Ciannelli as   	Barone di Polia*Achille Millo as   	Baroncino di Polia*Ludmilla Dudarova as  	Cousin of Elisa	* Nino Pavese as Cafiero, il tutore*Luigi Pavese as   	Cafiero *Enzo Fiermonte as   	Antonio Esposito* Rita Livesi as Marianna*Michele Malaspina as   	Doctor* Enzo Biliotti as Notaio Piovenda* Ada Colangeli as 	Evelina * Carlo Delle Piane as Postiglione
References
Bibliography * Aprà, Adriano. ''The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944''. Electa International, 1979. * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991.
External links * *  ''Il Tenente Giorgio'' at Variety Distribution