Movie Poster Collecting: Mario Petri

Friday, September 14, 2018

The Executioner of Venice 1963 Lex Barker Italian locandina

The Executioner of Venice (1963) - (Lex Barker) Italian locandina

This is a 13" x 25.5" Italian locandina designed by Renato Casaro for the 1963 Luigi Capuano film The Executioner of Venice AKA Il boia di Venezia based on a story by Ottavio Poggi, screenplay by Milton Krims and starring Lex Barker as Sandrigo Bembo. Plot summary: In 17th Century Venice during the Inquisition Sandrigo Bembo,the son of the Doge Giovanni Bembo [Feodor Chaliapin Jr.] is falsely accused of treason by the Grand Inquisitor Rodrigo Zeno [Guy Madison].

Cast and crew: Luigi Capuano, Renato Casaro, Milton Krims, Ottavio Poggi, Lex Barker, Guy Madison, Alessandra Panaro, Mario Petri, Alberto Farnese, Giulio Marchetti, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Franco Fantasia, Raf Baldassarre, Mirella Roxy, Marija Tocinoski, John Bartha, Attilio Severini, Biulio Maculani, Giuliana Farnese

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Sunday, January 5, 2014

Fury of Achilles (1962) - (Gordon Mitchell)

Fury of Achilles (1962) - (Gordon Mitchell) Belgian poster

This is a 14" x 21" Belgian poster made to promote the 1962 118-minute Mario Girolami color film Fury of Hercules [L'ira di Achille] starring Gordon Mitchell as Achilles based on a screenplay by Gino de Santis with cinematography by Mario Fioretti. This film is an Italian historical drama based mainly on Homer's Iliad, depicting tensions in the Greek camp between Agamemnon and Achilles in the 9th year of the Trojan War, which improves morale for the Trojans. The conflict is decided in a climactic sword fight where Achilles [Gordon Mitchell] kills the Trojan Hector [Jacques Bergerac].

Cast and crew: Gordon Mitchell, Jacques Bergerac, Cristina Gaioni, Enio Girolami, Gloria Milland, Fosco Giachetti, Roberto Risso, Mario Petri, Marino Girolami, Gino de Santis, Piero Lulli, Eleonora Bianchi, Erminio Spalla, Fosco Giachetti, Nando Tamberlani, Tina Gloriani, Remo De Angelis, Manfred Freyberger