Old Guard (Vecchia guardia) 90 years old

Old Guard

There were very few commercial feature films made during the Italian fascist era that were as openly propagandistic as this famous (notorious?) dramatic paean to the Blackshirts. The story takes place in a small village in Italy in October of 1922, on the eve of the fascist "March on Rome", in which King Victor Emanuel III was persuaded to consign power to Benito Mussolini. Gianfranco Giachetti is Dr. Cardini, a doctor at the local psychiatric hospital, where a strike has been called by the local socialists. Cardini turns to the fascists to help avert the strike. His son Roberto (Mino Doro) rounds up fascist friends to fight those aligned with the strikers and the town's socialists.

Credits

Old Guard Cast

Name Character
Andrea Checchi He was 17, 57 years old when he died as Pompeo
Ugo Sasso He was 23, 79 years old when he died as Uno squadrista
Cesare Zoppetti He was 58, 64 years old when he died as L'assessore
Mino Doro He was 30, 103 years old when he died as Roberto
Alfredo Varelli He was 19, now 109 years old
Ugo Ceseri He was 40, 47 years old when he died as Marcone
Umberto Sacripante He was 29, 70 years old when he died as Il pazzo Tralicò

Old Guard Crew

Name Department
Alessandro Blasetti as Director. He was 33 (86) years old when He died Directing
Old Guard poster
Old Guard (90 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, January 02, 1934
  • Runtime: 85 minutes