Sun (Italian:Sole) is a 1929 Italian silent drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Marcello Spada, Vasco Creti and Dria Paola. The film was set around the planned draining of the Pontine Marshes by Benito Mussolini's Fascist government. It was shot partly on location, which added a sense of realism. Mussolini was impressed by the result and described it as "the dawn of the Fascist film".
The film was destroyed during the Second World War, and survives only in still photographs.
^ Bondanella p.14
^ Reich & Garofalo p.235
^ Bondanella p.Synopsis
La chronique romancée de l'assèchement de la zone marécageuse des Marais pontins, sous le règne de Mussolini. L'ingénieur Rinaldi doit affronter des paysans opposés à toute bonification. Lorsque Marco, le chef de ce groupe, est atteint de la malaria, Rinaldi lui vient en aide. Une amitié, basée sur d'anciens souvenirs, se noue entre les deux hommes. De plus, Rinaldi et la fille de Marco vivent une idylle amoureuse...
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