The Thrill of the Skies () is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Silvana Jachino, Mario Giannini and Mario Ferrari. A group of aspiring young pilots in the city of Asiago construct a glider. After service in the Spanish Civil War, they return to a heroic reception in their home city.Brunetta p.93
Much of the film was shot on location around Asiago. Although mostly filmed in black-and-white, the last few minutes are in Dufaycolor.Raimondo-Souto p.212-13 Ferroni had recently returned from Spain, where he had directed pro-Nationalist documentaries.Brunetta p.93
Cast Silvana Jachino as Maria Mario Giannini as Vittorio Mario Ferrari as L'aviatore Aldo Fiorelli as Franco Fausto Guerzoni as Fausto Franco Brambilla as Il ragazzo Adelmo Cocco as Il sacerdote
References
Bibliography Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009. Raimondo-Souto, H. Mario. Motion Picture Photography: A History, 1891-1960. McFarland, 2006.
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