Shadow of the Eagle
Directed bySidney Salkow
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyErwin Hillier
Edited byPeter Graham Scott
Music byHans May
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Independent Film Distributors
  • Scalera Film
Release date
11 September 1950
Running time
93 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£128,500[1]
Box office£55,000[1]

Shadow of the Eagle is a 1950 British-Italian historical drama film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese and Greta Gynt.[2] A separate Italian version The Rival of the Empress was released the following year.

It was shot partly at Teddington Studios and partly on location in Italy. The film's art direction was by Wilfred Shingleton.

It was produced by Tony Havelock Allen who made it through his new company, Constellation Films. He said the movie "looked nice, had beautiful sets, but again I wasn’t pleased with it."[3]

Plot

During the 18th century the Empress of Russia Catherine the Great sends her lover Count Alexei Orloff to kidnap her rival for the throne, the pretender Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova, from Venice. However, Orloff ends up falling in love with the Princess.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 102. Income is producer's share of receipts.
  2. ^ Richards p.140
  3. ^ McFarlane, Brian (1997). An autobiography of British cinema : as told by the filmmakers and actors who made it. Metheun. p. 293.

Bibliography

External links

Films directed by Sidney Salkow
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