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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1942 Italian war film}}<br />
{{Infobox film<br />
|name = Bengasi<br />
|image = Bengasi (film).png<br />
|caption = [[Maria von Tasnady|Tasnady]] and [[Fosco Giachetti|Giachetti]] in a film scene<br />
|director = [[Augusto Genina]]<br />
|producer = Carlo Bassoli<br>Renato Bassoli<br />
|writer = {{ubl|[[Edoardo Anton]]|[[Ugo Betti]]|[[Alessandro De Stefani]]|Augusto Genina}}<br />
|starring = {{ubl|[[Fosco Giachetti]]|[[Maria von Tasnady]]|[[Amedeo Nazzari]]|[[Vivi Gioi]]}}<br />
|music = [[Antonio Veretti]]<br />
|cinematography = [[Aldo Tonti]] <br />
|editing = [[Fernando Tropea]] <br />
|studio = Film Bassoli <br />
|distributor = [[Cine Tirrenia]] <br />
|released = {{Film date|1942|9|5|df=yes}}<br />
|runtime = 90 minutes<br />
|country = Italy<br />
|language = Italian<br />
}}<br />
'''''Bengasi ''''' is a 1942 Italian [[war film]] directed by [[Augusto Genina]] and starring [[Fosco Giachetti]], [[Maria von Tasnady]] and [[Amedeo Nazzari]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mymovies.it/persone/gabriele-ferzetti/69/|title=Gabriele Ferzetti|publisher=[[Mymovies.it]]|accessdate=30 September 2021}}</ref> The film was shot at [[Cinecittà]] in [[Rome]]. The film was a [[Propaganda of Fascist Italy|propaganda work]],<ref>{{cite book|publisher=[[Berghahn Books]]|last=Gundle|first=Stephen|title=Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy|year=2013|page=196|isbn=978-1782382447|jstor=j.ctt9qcw3n}}</ref> designed to support the [[Kingdom of Italy#Fascist regime .281922.E2.80.931943.29|Fascist]] regime of [[Benito Mussolini]]. It portrays Allied atrocities in "Bengasi Italiana",<ref>[http://dadfeatured.blogspot.com/2018/09/bengasi-italiana.html Bengasi Italiana]</ref> such as the murder of a peasant by a group of drunken [[Australia]]n soldiers.<ref name=AD>{{cite book|editor-last1=Andall|editor-first1=Jacqueline|editor-last2=Duncan|editor-first2=Derek|title=Italian Colonialism: Legacy and Memory|publisher=[[Peter Lang (publisher)|Peter Lang]]|year=2005|pages=94–95|isbn=3039103261}}</ref><br />
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It was presented at the [[10th Venice International Film Festival (1942)|Venice Film Festival]] and won the [[Venice Film Festival#1930s|Mussolini Cup]] as the best Italian film while [[Fosco Giachetti]] won the best actor award. It proved popular with audiences, and was re-released in 1955 with some new scenes added.<ref name=AD/><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The film is set in 1941 during the [[Second World War]], when the city of [[Benghazi]] in Italian-ruled [[Libya]] was occupied by British forces. Italian inhabitants of Benghazi work to resist the British and discover their military plans. One man, Filippo Colleoni, appears to be collaborating with the British but is in fact working undercover for Italian intelligence. The film ends with the city being recaptured by Italian troops and their [[Nazism|Nazi]] German allies.<br />
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==Main cast==<br />
*[[Fosco Giachetti]] as Captain Enrico Berti<br />
*[[Maria De Tasnady]] as Carla Berti<br />
*[[Amedeo Nazzari]] as Filippo Colleoni<br />
*[[Vivi Gioi]] as Giuliana<br />
*[[Guido Notari]] as Italian [[podestà]] in Benghazi<br />
*[[Carlo Tamberlani]] as Giovanni Galassi<br />
*{{Ill|Leo Garavaglia|es||it}} as doctor Malpini<br />
*{{Ill|Laura Redi|it}} as Maria ('Fanny')<br />
*[[Fedele Gentile]] as Antonio<br />
*Amelia Bissi as Giovanni's mother<br />
*Giorgio Costantini as General Robertson<br />
*[[Guglielmo Sinaz]] as Tropeoli<br />
*[[Carlo Duse]] as Captain Marchi<br />
*Pier Giorgio Heliczer as Sandrino Berti<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0034506}}<br />
*[http://www.mymovies.it/dizionario/recensione.asp?id=3246 Summary]<br />
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[[Category:Italian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:World War II propaganda films]]<br />
[[Category:Italian World War II films]]<br />
[[Category:Fascist propaganda]]<br />
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