Doctor Antonio (TV series)

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Doctor Antonio (Italian:Il dottor Antonio) is a 1954 Italian television series, based on the 1855 novel of the same title by Giovanni Ruffini. It aired in four parts on RAI, the state broadcaster that had launched the same year. It was the first literary adaptation to be broadcast on Italian television.Buonanno p.24

Synopsis

In the mid-nineteenth century, a patriot fighting for Italian unification meets and falls in love with an English aristocrat while in exile. Eventually he decides to leave her and return to fight and die for his country.

Cast

References

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Bibliography

  • Buonanno, Milly. Italian TV Drama and Beyond: Stories from the Soil, Stories from the Sea. Intellect Books, 2012.

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Category:1950s Italian television series

Category:Italian drama television series

Category:1954 Italian television series debuts

Category:Television shows set in Campania

Category:Television series set in the 19th century

Category:Television shows based on Italian novels

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