Kif Tebbi

{{short description|1928 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Kif Tebbi

| image =File:Kiftebbi1928 spada+neri.jpg

| caption =

| director = Mario Camerini

| producer =

| writer = Luciano Zuccoli (novel)
Luciano Doria

| starring =

| music =

| cinematography = Ferdinando Martini

| editing =

| studio = ADIA
Società Italiana Cines

| distributor = Società Italiana Cines

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1928|12}}

| runtime =

| country = Italy

| language = Silent
Italian intertitles

| budget =

}}

Kif Tebbi is a 1928 Italian silent war film directed by Mario Camerini. The film portrays the Italo-Turkish War. A young Italian-educated Libyan nobleman is summoned to fight for the Ottoman Empire when war breaks out in 1911, but eventually decides to change sides and support Italy.Del Boca p.182

Production

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The film promoted the Italian Fascist regime's imperial policies in Libya and in wider Africa. While privately funded (although the government supported its production) the film foreshadowed future collaborations between the film industry and the Italian state.Ben-Ghiat p.75

Cast

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Bibliography

  • Ben-Ghiat, Ruth. Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922-1945. University of California Press, 2004.
  • Del Boca, Angelo. Mohamed Fekini and the Fight to Free Libya. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.