The Canal of the Angels
The Canal of the Angels is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Pasinetti and starring Maurizio D'Ancora, Anna Ariani and Ugo Gracci. The film is shot in semi-documentary style. In a poor neighborhood of Venice, a young boy becomes aware of his mother's adultery.
Along with a number of other films of the 1930s, it has elements which are a precursor to the emergence of Italian neorealism in the mid-1940s.
Cast
- Maurizio D'Ancora as Il 'Capitano'
- Anna Ariani as Anna
- Ugo Gracci as Daniele
- Nina Simonetti as Gina
- Aldo Rinaldi as Aldo
- Pino Locchi as The Child
- Mara Dussia
- Otello Toso