BigList
Login / Sign up
Engaged to Death (1957)

Engaged to Death (1957)

Drama
Release Date: 1957, April 13
Directors: Romolo Marcellini
Countries: Italy
Production: Rodaggio film, Sirio Film, Sirio Film
Cast: Saro Urzì, Maria Tedeschi, Carlo Ninchi, Luigi Pavese, Gustavo Rojo, Rik Battaglia, Sylva Koscina, Enrico Lorenzetti, Marco Guglielmi, Emilio Cigoli, Pierre Monneret, Margit Nünke

Overview:

A tale of love, rivalry and passion set in the 50s, in the madcap world of motorcycle speed races, shot on the occasion of the main competitions of that time, such as Monza’s Moto GP and the last edition of the legendary Milano-Taranto race. With also very rare footage of the Moto Guzzi wind tunnel and factories. The film features, alongside popular actors Rik Battaglia and Sylva Koscina, many of the most important champions of those years: Geoffrey Duke, Libero Liberati, Bill Lomas, Enrico Lorenzetti, Reg Armstrong, Stanley Woods, Ken Cavanagh, Dickie Dale, Thomas Campbell, Pierre Monneret, Albino Milani, Walter Zeller, Bruno Francisci, all of them riding amazing Moto Guzzi, Gilera, Mondial and Norton bikes with the so charming and dangerous dustbin fairings that were going to be banned in 1958.

Keywords:

motorcycle race