Under the Southern Cross (1938 film)
| Under the Southern Cross | |
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| Directed by | Guido Brignone |
| Written by | Luigi Chiarelli Arrigo Colombo Jacopo Comin Marisa Romano |
| Produced by | Giorgio Carini |
| Starring | Antonio Centa Doris Duranti Enrico Glori Giovanni Grasso |
| Cinematography | Arturo Gallea Aldo Tonti |
| Edited by | Giuseppe Fatigati |
| Music by | Renzo Rossellini |
Production company | Mediterranea Film |
| Distributed by | CINF |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Under the Southern Cross (Italian: Sotto la croce del sud) is a 1938 Italian drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Antonio Centa, Doris Duranti and Enrico Glori. The film is set in Italian-occupied Abyssinia following the recent Italian victory there. It was one of a sequence of eight films set in Italy's African Empire during the Fascist era that were released between 1936 and 1939. The film is a propaganda piece designed to support Fascist policy on empire and concerns about inter-racial romances.
It was shot at the Tirrenia Studios in Tuscany and on location in the Galla Territory of Italian Ethiopia.