Macario Against Zagomar

Macario Against Zagomar

First theatrical release poster
Directed by Giorgio Ferroni
Produced by Mario Borghi
Written by Gian Paolo Callegari
Vittorio Metz
Giorgio Ferroni
Starring Erminio Macario
Music by Amedeo Escobar
Cinematography Sergio Pesce
Edited by Arturo Gemmiti
Distributed by Scalera Films
Release dates
  • 25 March 1944 (1944-03-25)
Running time
83 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

Macario Against Zagomar (Italian: Macario contro Zagomar; also known as Macario Against Fantomas) is a 1944 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Erminio Macario.[1][2]

Plot

In Paris, the dreaded Zagomar kidnapped the daughter of a scientist to force him to deliver his latest discovery: a machine that "blocks" over time. Macario, the assistant teacher, decides to confront this elusive bandit that lurks in the bowels of the city.

Cast

Production

The film was made during World War II[3][4] and should have been entitled "'Macario Against Fantomas'" but producers never be able to acquire the rights to do so. To resolve the issue Vittorio Metz created the character of "Zagomar" a master villain modeled on "Fantomas".[5]

Notes

  1. Enrico Lancia. I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944 (in Italian). Gremese Editore, 2005. ISBN 9788889908877.
  2. "I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944 on Google Books" (in Italian). books.google.it. Retrieved Jul 10, 2016.
  3. Alessandro Faccioli. Leggeri come in una gabbia: L’idea comica nel cinema italiano (1930-1944) (in Italian). Edizioni Kaplan, 2014. ISBN 9788889908877.
  4. "Leggeri come in una gabbia: L'idea comica nel cinema italiano (1930-1944) on Google Books" (in Italian). books.google.it. Retrieved Jul 10, 2016.
  5. "Movies - Z" (PDF). www.jessnevins.com. Retrieved Jul 10, 2016.

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