---
title: 'The Old Guard (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alessandro Blasetti'
released: '1934-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-old-guard-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025941/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Old Guard (1934)

1934 · 91 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: Vecchia guardia

## Synopsis

The Old Guard is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Gianfranco Giachetti, Mino Doro, and Franco Brambilla. It was one of several pro-Fascist films made by Blasetti during the era. The film is set in a small Italian town in 1922, where a local group of Fascist blackshirts battle against rival socialists who have called a strike at the hospital. Mario, the young son of Doctor Cardini, is killed in the fighting. The film ends with the March on Rome that brought Benito Mussolini to power.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alessandro Blasetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-blasetti)
- **Screenplay:** [Alessandro Blasetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-blasetti)
- **Editor:** [Alessandro Blasetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-blasetti)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Umberto Mancini](https://cinepixo.com/people/umberto-mancini)
- **Director of Photography:** [Otello Martelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/otello-martelli)

## Cast

- [Ugo Ceseri](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-ceseri)
- [Amina Pirani Maggi](https://cinepixo.com/people/amina-pirani-maggi)
- [Aristide Garbini](https://cinepixo.com/people/aristide-garbini)
- [Alfredo Varelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfredo-varelli)
- [Dina Romano](https://cinepixo.com/people/dina-romano)
- [Mino Doro](https://cinepixo.com/people/mino-doro)
- [Andrea Checchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-checchi)
- [Cesare Zoppetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-zoppetti)
- [Franco Brambilla](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-brambilla)
- [Gino Viotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-viotti)
- [Vasco Creti](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasco-creti)
- [Giovanni Grasso](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-grasso)
- [Gianfranco Giachetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianfranco-giachetti)
- [Umberto Sacripante](https://cinepixo.com/people/umberto-sacripante)
- [Ugo Sasso](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-sasso)

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