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September 22, 2007
Italian cast picked for Lee's WWII
drama
By ERIC J. LYMAN
ROME -- The production team behind Spike Lee's wartime drama "Miracle at
St. Anna" on Friday announced the Italian-language cast for the film and said
that work on the project will begin Oct. 15.
The film, which will be shot mostly on location in Tuscany, tells the story of a
group of black U.S. soldiers who get involved in a Tuscan village's efforts to
weed out a traitor.
According to producers Luigi Musini and Roberto Cicutto, the Italian-
language cast will include Pierfrancesco Favino ("Romanzo Criminale"),
Omero Antonutti ("La Ragazza del Lago"), Valentina Cervi ("War and Peace"),
Lydia Biondi (HBO-BBC's "Rome") and Italian TV actor Sergio Albelli.
Producers have not yet announced the films English- and German-speaking
cast.
In addition to Musini and Cicutto, producers will be Italy's 01 Distribution, RAI
Cinema and Lee's own 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks.
drama
By ERIC J. LYMAN
ROME -- The production team behind Spike Lee's wartime drama "Miracle at
St. Anna" on Friday announced the Italian-language cast for the film and said
that work on the project will begin Oct. 15.
The film, which will be shot mostly on location in Tuscany, tells the story of a
group of black U.S. soldiers who get involved in a Tuscan village's efforts to
weed out a traitor.
According to producers Luigi Musini and Roberto Cicutto, the Italian-
language cast will include Pierfrancesco Favino ("Romanzo Criminale"),
Omero Antonutti ("La Ragazza del Lago"), Valentina Cervi ("War and Peace"),
Lydia Biondi (HBO-BBC's "Rome") and Italian TV actor Sergio Albelli.
Producers have not yet announced the films English- and German-speaking
cast.
In addition to Musini and Cicutto, producers will be Italy's 01 Distribution, RAI
Cinema and Lee's own 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks.
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Italians protest details
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September 22, 2007
Italian cast picked for
Lee's WWII drama
July 17, 2007
Lee scouting Tuscany
for next film
July 10, 2007
Lee says he is not part
of the 'mainstream'
Italians protest details
in Lee's 'Miracle'
September 22, 2007
Italian cast picked for
Lee's WWII drama
July 17, 2007
Lee scouting Tuscany
for next film
July 10, 2007
Lee says he is not part
of the 'mainstream'