The Gadfly

The Gadfly

102 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, War | April 12, 1955

Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing. Student Arthur Burton is involved in the activities of the underground organization “Young Italy”, envies its leader, Giovanni Bolla, and is jealous of his bride Gemma. He talks about this at a confession to a priest, as a result of which gendarmes take revolutionaries under arrest...

The Gadfly

102 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, War | April 12, 1955

The Gadfly
Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing. Student Arthur Burton is involved in the activities of the underground organization “Young Italy”, envies its leader, Giovanni Bolla, and is jealous of his bride Gemma. He talks about this at a confession to a priest, as a result of which gendarmes take revolutionaries under arrest...
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Lenfilm
Original title Овод
Directors Alexandr Faintsimmer
Writers Ethel LIlian Voynich, Viktor Shklovskiy

Cast

Oleg Strizhenov

as Arthur Burton / Felice Rivarez

Nikolai Simonov

as Cardinal Montanelli

Vladimir Etush

as Cesare Martini

Semyon Svashenko

as Marcone

Pavel Usovnichenko

as Giuseppe

Vadim Medvedev

as Giovanni Bolla

Vladimir Chestnokov

as Domenichino

Ruben Simonov

as Father Cardi

Antoni Khodursky

as Grassini

Anna Lisyanskaya

as Grassini's Wife

Grigoriy Shpigel

as James Burton

Yelena Yunger

as Julia

Boris Dmokhovsky

as City Commandant

Yakov Malyutin

as Colonel

Konstantin Adashevsky

as Austrian Cardinal

Emmanuil Geller

as Informant

Boris Ilyasov

as Officer

Efim Kopelyan

as Chief of the Border Post

Georgi Millyar

as Beggar

Pavel Pankov

as Officer