Tag Archives: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

The Sword and the Cross

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Matt Blake

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia’s fourth and final film of 1958 was La spada e la croce, which also marked a return to the kind of historical adventures that he’d had some success with earlier in his career (Il falco rosso (49), A fil di spada (52), Il falco d’oro (55)). Unfortunately, though, it’s a rather flat affair and, although not badly made, it suffers in comparison with some of the more vibrant, modern films in the same general field that were being made in Italy at the time. Continue reading →

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Carlo and Anton Giulio Bragaglia

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Matt Blake

Another interesting bit of biographical information about Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, taken from photogrpahers.it Photography, theatre and the cinema provided the creative spaces through which the Bragaglia brothers navigated. Extraordinary and highly precocious, they were on the lookout for new intellectual … Continue reading →

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Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia on YouTube

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Matt Blake

Following my brief piece on La primula bianca in the Italian Crime Films category, I’ve been doing a bit of searching about director Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, one of the great elder statesmen of Italian Cinema. Anyway, here’s a brief clip … Continue reading →

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