Rotaie (1929)

Film details

Featuring

Käthe von Nagy Maurizio D'ancora Daniele Crespi
Director

Mario Camerini
Country

Italy
Year

1929
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Rails Alternative

Introduction

Many of us associate Italian silent film with the great historical epics like Cabiria or The Last Days of Pompeii, but here is an exception that anticipates post-war neo-realism. Mario Camerini’s fascist-era drama follows a young couple, social outcasts, fleeing from rural poverty to a potential suicide pact in the city. Their journey by train is a metaphor for the speed at which the empty promise of ‘modernisation’ was delivered. Alongside beautiful montage sequences and chiaroscuro lighting, the unknown actors add authenticity to the piece.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - young woman
    
    Käthe von Nagy
  - Giorgio
    
    Maurizio D'ancora
  - Marquis Jacques Mercier
    
    Daniele Crespi
  - Jacques' friend at the casino
    
    Aldo Moschino
  - blonde woman at the casino
    
    Pia Carola Lotti
  - cast member
    
    Guido Celano
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Mario Camerini
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    S.A.C.I.A.
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Corrado D'errico
  - Story
    
    Corrado D'errico
  - Adaptation
    
    Mario Camerini
  Photography:
  - Photography by
    
    Ubaldo Arata