The Return of Cagliostro
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| Directed by | Ciprì & Maresco |
| Music by | Salvatore Bonafede |
| Cinematography | Daniele Ciprì |
Running time | 100 minutes |
The Return of Cagliostro (Italian: Il ritorno di Cagliostro) is a 2003 Italian mockumentary-comedy film directed by Daniele Ciprì and Franco Maresco.[1]
For his performance in this film and in Break Free Luigi Maria Burruano received a special mention from the Pasinetti Award jury at the 2003 Venice Film Festival.[2]
Plot
In the immediate post-war Sicily the La Marca brothers, owners of a sacred craft company, set up, with the consent of the Archbishop of Palermo Cardinal Sucato, the Trinacria House of Film Production, which they intend it should be the "beginning of a Sicilian Hollywood". The first films, played by non-professional actors, badly rehearsed and directed, are commercial disasters, and so to revive the fortunes of the company they have the idea to make a film about the life of Cagliostro, engaging Errol Douglas, an alcoholic Hollywood star whose career is going into sharp decline, in the title role.
Cast
- Luigi Maria Burruano: Carmelo La Marca
- Robert Englund: Erroll Douglas
- Franco Scaldati: Salvatore La Marca
- Pietro Giordano: Cardinal Sucato / Pino Grisanti
- Margareth Woodhouse: Elizabeth Burnett
References
- ↑ Deborah Young (September 9, 2003). "Review: 'The Return Of Cagliostro'". Variety. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ↑ "Vince la fantastica vitalità del curdo Vodka lemon". La Repubblica. September 7, 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2014.