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Sentinels of Bronze (Italian:Sentinelle di bronzo) is a 1937 Italian war film directed by Romolo Marcellini and starring Fosco Giachetti, Giovanni Grasso and Doris Duranti. The film is a propaganda work set in the days leading up to the outbreak of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. In an incident modeled on the Wal Wal incident, an Italian outpost is besieged by large numbers of Abyssinian troops, but the garrison refuse to surrender. It was part of a series of films set in Italy's African Empire during the Fascist era.
Original Release
08/21/1937
Cast
Name | Character |
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Fosco Giachetti | Capitano Negri |
Giovanni Grasso | Sergente Amato |
Doris Duranti | Dahabò / Dahabo |
Hassan Mohamed | Elmi |
Mohamed Aghi Alì | Islam |
Ali Ibrahim | Giama |
Elmi Ahmed | Ras Sciferrà |
Abdullah Ali | Hawariat |
Abdullah Mussa | |
Ahmed Busser |
Directors
Writers
Romolo Marcellini, Gian Gaspare Napolitano, Marcello Orano, Sandro Sandri
Cast
Name | Character |
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Fosco Giachetti | Capitano Negri |
Giovanni Grasso | Sergente Amato |
Doris Duranti | Dahabò / Dahabo |
Hassan Mohamed | Elmi |
Mohamed Aghi Alì | Islam |
Ali Ibrahim | Giama |
Elmi Ahmed | Ras Sciferrà |
Abdullah Ali | Hawariat |
Abdullah Mussa | |
Ahmed Busser | |
Hagì Mohamed Samantar | |
Italo Pirani |