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Il re, le torri, gli alfieri (1917)

Vintage Italian postcard. Ed. Roseo & C., Napoli. Scene from the lost film Il re, le torri e gli alfieri (1917) by Ivo Illuminati and Lucio D'Ambra, scripted by Lucio D'Ambra (on basis of his own novella) and produced by Medusa Film. At the time, the Italian distributor was Alberto Megale. The film was released in France as Echéc au Roi and in the Netherlands as De Koning Schaakmat. Art direction was by Fosco Barberis, cinematography by Carlo Montuori.

D'Ambra remembers years after how he wanted to make a film that was fairy tale, phantasy and not reality, and highly decorative, just like his novel. He therefore clashed with director Illuminati who wanted to have individuality, so each character having his or her own movement, while D'Ambra wanted to stress the caricatural by synchronous movement like in children's plays and stuck to his text. This resulted in a clash between the two men and Illuminati left the set, after which D'Ambra took over direction for a while, until the producer pacified the two and Illuminati took over direction again. See sempreinpenombra.com/2016/09/23/il-re-le-torri-gli-alfier....

While the film was made in Summer 1916, its Roman premiere took place on 29 March 1916. Il re, le torri e gli alfieri was a huge international success at the time, and precurs the wit and absurdism of Lubitsch's comedies. It was praised in the Italian press for its subtle humor and satire with a touch of romance, so different from the slapstick farces or filmed boulevard comedies. The film opens in an aristocratic club where the Marquis Armando d'Apré (Enrico Roma) narrates of the merry and gallant adventures of Rolando (Luigi Serventi), prince and later king of the country Fantasia. People are seen moving back and forth on a giant chess board, simulating chess pieces. The film ends with a gigantic ball, which in the mind of a majordomus transforms: goose replace the 'intellectual ladies', goats replace the diplomats, and donkeys replace the academics. Leading lady of the film was the Milanese countess Giorgia Dentice di Frasso, who acted for charity and proved to be as good as any actress.

Sources: IMDb; Vittorio Martinelli, Il cinema muto italiano, 1916, Vol. II.

Taken on: October 19, 2024

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