The Gorgon
1942
85 minutes
Overview
1017 AD. The Republic of Pisa is organizing a fleet to drive out the Saracens who are infesting the Mediterranean. While the forces are away "The Gorgon," the young daughter of a Pisan nobleman who has been heroically killed, comes to be solemnly invested as the figurehead virgin who will maintain a lantern to celebrate the men's victorious return. In charge of the home guard is an ambitious young Florentine who feels deprived of the forthcoming honour and glory, and who seeks revenge by violating the sacred person of the virgin. He gains access to her well guarded quarters, but when the Gorgon falls helplessly in love with him, his desire for vengeance falls away. His plot exposed, he commits suicide rather than invoke the wrath of the Pisans. The Gorgon too takes her life by throwing herself from a high tower. Meanwhile, the victorious Pisan vessels return.
Top Cast
Mariella Lotti
Spina di Pietro, la Gorgona
Rossano Brazzi
Lamberto Finquinaldo
Camillo Pilotto
Marcello Finquinaldo, padre di Lamberto
Piero Carnabuci
Arrigo del Coscetto
Annibale Betrone
Il conte Ranieri
Tina Lattanzi
La contessa Matilde di Toscana
Lauro Gazzolo
Il fedele servo di Spina
Enza Delbi
Bianca
Gorella Gori
Berta
Emilio Cigoli
Miniato - lo scudiero
Giulia Martinelli
Celeste
Amelia Beretta
Berta
Achille Majeroni
Il console Marignano
Cesare Fantoni
Pietro Moricone - vescovo
Giorgio Capecchi
Capitano Borso
Giovanni Onorato
Nicastro
Tatiana Farnese
Figlia del conte Ranieri
Loli Bonfanti
Seconda figlia
Amedeo Trilli
Il guardiano marito di Angela
Raimondo Van Riel
Pietro Capronesi