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title: 'The Siege of the Alcazar (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Augusto Genina'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Kingdom of Italy'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-siege-of-the-alcazar-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032225/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Siege of the Alcazar (1940)

1940 · 112 min · Drama · Kingdom of Italy, Italy

Original title: L'assedio dell'Alcazar

## Synopsis

The Siege of the Alcazar or L'Assedio dell'Alcazar is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina about the famous siege of the Alcázar during the Spanish Civil War, set in Toledo, Spain. The film won the Mussolini Cup in Venice Film Festival for being the Best Italian Film. The film runs more in the Spanish dubbed version, it was restored by Filmoteca Española and released in DVD in Spain by Divisa Home Video. The film was shot in Cinecittà with Italian, French and Spanish actors. In the Italian version all three non-Italian actors spoke their lines in Italian. They were dubbed by Italian actors afterwards.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Augusto Genina](https://cinepixo.com/people/augusto-genina)
- **Screenplay:** [Augusto Genina](https://cinepixo.com/people/augusto-genina), [Alessandro De Stefani](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-de-stefani)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Antonio Veretti](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-veretti)
- **Producer:** [Industrie Cinematografiche Italiane](https://cinepixo.com/people/industrie-cinematografiche-italiane), [Ezio Lavoretti](https://cinepixo.com/people/ezio-lavoretti)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jan Stallich](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-stallich)
- **Editor:** [Fernando Tropea](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-tropea)

## Cast

- [Ciro Berardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ciro-berardi)
- [Anita Farra](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-farra)
- [Cesare Polacco](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-polacco)
- [María Denis](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-denis)
- [Antonio Marietti](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-marietti)
- [Oreste Fares](https://cinepixo.com/people/oreste-fares)
- [Carlo Duse](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-duse)
- [Andrea Checchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-checchi)
- [Felice Romano](https://cinepixo.com/people/felice-romano)
- [Carlo Tamberlani](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-tamberlani)
- [Mireille Balin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mireille-balin)
- [Adele Garavaglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/adele-garavaglia)
- [Rafael Luis Calvo](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafael-luis-calvo)
- [Fosco Giachetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/fosco-giachetti)
- [Aldo Fiorelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-fiorelli)

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