Engaged to Death

Engaged to Death

93 mins | Drama | April 13, 1957

A tale of love, rivalry and passion set in the 50s, in the madcap world of motorcycle speed races, shot on the occasion of the main competitions of that time, such as Monza’s Moto GP and the last edition of the legendary Milano-Taranto race. With also very rare footage of the Moto Guzzi wind tunnel and factories. The film features, alongside popular actors Rik Battaglia and Sylva Koscina, many of the most important champions of those years: Geoffrey Duke, Libero Liberati, Bill Lomas, Enrico Lorenzetti, Reg Armstrong, Stanley Woods, Ken Cavanagh, Dickie Dale, Thomas Campbell, Pierre Monneret, Albino Milani, Walter Zeller, Bruno Francisci, all of them riding amazing Moto Guzzi, Gilera, Mondial and Norton bikes with the so charming and dangerous dustbin fairings that were going to be banned in 1958.

Engaged to Death

93 mins | Drama | April 13, 1957

Engaged to Death
A tale of love, rivalry and passion set in the 50s, in the madcap world of motorcycle speed races, shot on the occasion of the main competitions of that time, such as Monza’s Moto GP and the last edition of the legendary Milano-Taranto race. With also very rare footage of the Moto Guzzi wind tunnel and factories. The film features, alongside popular actors Rik Battaglia and Sylva Koscina, many of the most important champions of those years: Geoffrey Duke, Libero Liberati, Bill Lomas, Enrico Lorenzetti, Reg Armstrong, Stanley Woods, Ken Cavanagh, Dickie Dale, Thomas Campbell, Pierre Monneret, Albino Milani, Walter Zeller, Bruno Francisci, all of them riding amazing Moto Guzzi, Gilera, Mondial and Norton bikes with the so charming and dangerous dustbin fairings that were going to be banned in 1958.
Producers Sirio Film, Rodaggio film
Original title I fidanzati della morte
Directors Romolo Marcellini
Writers Jacques Rémy, Nicolò Ferrari, Giuseppe De Santis, Franco Solinas

Cast

Rik Battaglia

as Carlo

Sylva Koscina

as Lucia

Margit Nünke

as Giovanna

Gustavo Rojo

as Piero

Saro Urzì

as Tullio

Carlo Ninchi

as signor Parisi

Hans Albers

as Lorenzo

Marco Guglielmi

as Cimino

Emilio Cigoli

as Piero

Luigi Pavese

as Lorenzo

Geoffrey Duke

as Biker

Libero Liberati

as Biker

Bill Lomas

as Biker

Pierre Monneret

as Biker

Maria Tedeschi

as Tour Eiffel Tourist (uncredited)