The White Warrior

The White Warrior
The White Warrior
Directed by	Riccardo Freda
Screenplay by	Gino De Santis; Ákos Tolnay; Riccardo Freda;
Based on	Hadji Murat; by Leo Tolstoy
Produced by	Mario Zama
Starring	Steve Reeves; Giorgia Moll;
Cinematography	Mario Bava
Edited by	Riccardo Freda
Music by	Roberto Nicolosi
Production; companies	Majestic Films; Lovcen Film;
Distributed by	Warner Bros
Release date	21 June 1959 (Italy);
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	Italy; Yugoslavia;

The White Warrior (Italian: Agi Murad, il diavolo bianco, lit. 'Hadji Murad, The White Devil') is a 1959 adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is loosely based on Lev Tolstoy's posthumously published 1912 novel Hadji Murat.^[2]

Cast

Steve Reeves: Agi Murad, the "White Warrior"
Giorgia Moll: Sultanet
Scilla Gabel: Princess Maria Vorontsova
Renato Baldini: Ahmed Khan
Gérard Herter: Prince Sergei
Milivoje Živanović: Tsar Nicholas I

Production

During the filming of parts of the final showdown, Alan Steel doubled Steve Reeves.^[3]

Release

The White Warrior was released in Italy on 21 June 1959 where it was distributed by Lux Film.^[1] The film grossed a total of 483,160,000 Italian lire domestically.^[1]

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Curti 2017, p. 314.
^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano - I film. Gremese Editore, 1991.
^ Hughes, Howard (2011). Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult. London - New York: I.B.Tauris. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-84885-608-0.

Sources

Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387.
Minutella, Vincenza (2013). Reclaiming Romeo and Juliet: Italian Translations for Page, Stage and Screen. Rodopi. ISBN 978-9042037342.

External links

The White Warrior at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTECurti2017314-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Curti 2017, p. 314.

[2] Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano - I film. Gremese Editore, 1991.

[3] Hughes, Howard (2011). Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult. London - New York: I.B.Tauris. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-84885-608-0.

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