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.Brunetta p.100
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
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.
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