The Thrill of the Skies

The Thrill of the Skies
Directed by	Giorgio Ferroni
Written by	Gian Paolo Callegari Remigio Del Grosso Domenico Paolella Raoul Quattrocchi Giorgio Ferroni
Produced by	Sandro Pallavicini
Starring	Silvana Jachino Mario Giannini Mario Ferrari Aldo Fiorelli
Cinematography	Vincenzo Seratrice
Edited by	Giorgio Simonelli
Music by	Amedeo Escobar
Production company	INCOM
Distributed by	Cine Tirrenia
Release date	8 March 1940 (1940-03-08)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Thrill of the Skies (Italian: L'ebbrezza del cielo) 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.[1]

Much of the film was shot on location around Asiago. Although mostly filmed in black-and-white, the last few minutes are in Dufaycolor.[2] Ferroni had recently returned from Spain, where he had directed pro-Nationalist documentaries.[3]

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

1. Brunetta p.93
2. Raimondo-Souto p.212-13
3. Brunetta p.93

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.

External links

• The Thrill of the Skies at IMDb