The Priest's Hat

The Priest's Hat
Directed by	Ferdinando Maria Poggioli
Written by	Emilio De Marchi (novel) Sergio Amidei Giacomo De Benedetti
Produced by	Sandro Ghenzi
Starring	Roldano Lupi Lída Baarová Luigi Almirante
Cinematography	Arturo Gallea
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Enzo Masetti
Production companies	Società Italiana Cines Universalcine
Distributed by	ENIC
Release date	10 November 1944
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Priest's Hat (Italian: Il cappello da prete) is a 1944 Italian historical thriller drama film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring Roldano Lupi, Lída Baarová and Luigi Almirante. It is based on the 1888 novel of the same title by Emilio De Marchi.

It was shot at Cinecittà Studios with sets designed by the art director Gastone Simonetti. It was shot in the summer of 1943, but its release was delayed to ongoing war events and it only premiered in Rome after the city's liberation by the Allies. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style.

Cast

• Roldano Lupi as Il barone Carlo di Santafusca
• Lída Baarová as Marinella
• Luigi Almirante as Don Cirillo, il prete
• Carlo Lombardi as Il conte Vico di Spiano
• Loris Gizzi as Il marchese Usilli
• Luigi Pavese as Il giudice Martellini
• Giovanni Grasso as L'avvocato Francesco Scuoto
• Checco Rissone as Filippino
• Mario Colli as Il conte Ignazio
• Elio Marcuzzo as Giorgio Di Sauro
• Anna Capodaglio as Maddalena
• Diana Mercanti as Lellina, una ballerina
• Riccardo Billi as Il barbiere
• Oreste Fares as Don Antonio
• Giuseppe Pierozzi as L'amministratore del Sacro Monte delle orfanelle
• Gualtiero Isnenghi as Il prete incaricato dal Vacariato
• Gorella Gori as Chiarina
• Nicola Maldacea as Un amico di Filippino

Bibliography

• Peter Bondanella & Federico Pacchioni. A History of Italian Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

External links

• The Priest's Hat at IMDb