La Cittadella (1964 miniseries)

La Cittadella
Genre	Drama
Based on	The Citadel by A. J. Cronin
Screenplay by	Anton Giulio Majano
Directed by	Anton Giulio Majano
Starring	Alberto Lupo Anna Maria Guarnieri Fosco Giachetti Nando Gazzolo Eleonora Rossi Drago
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of episodes	8
Production
Cinematography	Massimo Sallusti Vincenzo Seratrice
Running time	62 min. (per episode)
Production company	Radiotelevisione Italiana
Original release
Network	Programma Nazionale
Release	9 February (1964-02-09) – 22 March 1964 (1964-03-22)

La Cittadella is a 1964 Italian miniseries based on A. J. Cronin's 1937 novel, The Citadel, and produced by Radiotelevisione Italiana. It was directed by Anton Giulio Majano and stars Alberto Lupo as Dr. Manson and Anna Maria Guarnieri as his wife, Christine. Other television versions include an American (1960), another Italian (2003), and two British adaptations, 1960 and 1983.

Plot summary

Cast

• Alberto Lupo as Andrew Manson
• Anna Maria Guarnieri as Cristina Barlow
• Carlo Hintermann as Denny
• Laura Efrikian as Mary Boland
• Eleonora Rossi Drago as Francis Lawrence
• Loretta Goggi as Florrie
• Nando Gazzolo as Freddie Hamson
• Lida Ferro as Blodwen Page
• Aldo Silvani as Prof. Abbey
• Fosco Giachetti as Prof. Gadsby
• Ferruccio De Ceresa as Stillman
• Mercedes Brignone as Lady Gladys
• Antonella Della Porta as Margie
• Gabriele Antonini as Grenfell
• Gianni Solaro as Sutton
• Mario Ferrari as Avv. Boon
• Luigi Pavese as Con Boland
• Nino Pavese as Prof. Mc Donald
• Guido Celano as Russell

References

External links

• La Cittadella (1964) at IMDb
• Article about Cronin and the NHS