The Canal of the Angels

The Canal of the Angels (Italian: Il canale degli angeli) 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.

The Canal of the Angels
Directed by	Francesco Pasinetti
Written by	Francesco Pasinetti
Starring	Maurizio D'Ancora Anna Ariani Ugo Gracci
Production company	Venezia Film
Release date	1934 (1934)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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

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.

External links

• The Canal of the Angels at IMDb