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1969 Italian film
Le salamandre
Directed byAlberto Cavallone
Screenplay byAlberto Cavallone
Story byAlberto Cavallone
Starring
CinematographyMaurizio Centini
Edited byMario Salvatore
Music byFranco Potenza
Production
company		Produzioni Vega-Star
Distributed byParis Etoile Film
Release date
  • 26 February 1969 (1969-02-26) (Italy)
CountryItaly

Le salamandre (transl. The Salamanders) is a 1969 Italian film directed by Alberto Cavallone. It gained a great commercial success and launched the brief careers of the two main actresses, Erna Schürer and Beryl Cunningham.

Cast

Production

Cavallone originally developed the script for La salamandre with Sergio Lentati which originally contained more political material. director Alberto Cavallone, relocated to Rome where he worked on television commercials and writing scripts for directors like Duccio Tessari and Nino Zanchin. The film that was shot focused more on erotic content. The film developed was a cheaper production of 28 million Italian lire from first time producer Carlo Maietto.

The film was shot in Northern Africa with interior scenes shot in De Paolis Studios.

Release

Originally titled C'era una bionda (transl. There was a blonde) after the distributor Cidif backed out and was picked up for distribution by Paris Etoile Film. It was distributed theatrically in 26 February 1969 in Italy. The film did well in the Italian box office grossing 500 million Italian lire.

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Le salamandre (1969)" (in Italian). Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. ^ Curti 2018, p. 36.
  3. "Erna Schürer: la donna volitiva". Nocturno Dossier: Le sorelle di Venere 2. June 2007.
  4. Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999.
  5. ^ Curti 2018, p. 35.

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