Private Angelo (film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Private Angelo

| image = "Private_Angelo"_(1949_film).jpg

| caption = Australian 1-sheet poster

| director = {{ubl|Michael Anderson|Peter Ustinov}}

| producer = {{ubl|Michael Anderson|Peter Ustinov}}

| based_on = Private Angelo by
Eric Linklater

| writer = {{ubl|Michael Anderson|Peter Ustinov}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Peter Ustinov|Godfrey Tearle|María Denis|Marjorie Rhodes|James Robertson Justice}}

| music = Vittorio Pirone

| cinematography = Erwin Hillier

| editing = Charles Hasse

| studio = Pilgrim Pictures

| distributor = Associated British-Pathé

| released = {{Film date|1949|07|06|df=yes}}

| runtime = 106 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =£218,713Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 355.

| gross =£89,980 (UK)Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p490

}}

Private Angelo is a 1949 British comedy war film directed by Michael Anderson and Peter Ustinov and starring Ustinov, Godfrey Tearle, María Denis and Marjorie Rhodes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b387eae|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126014112/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b387eae|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2018|title=Private Angelo (1949)|website=BFI}} It depicts the misadventures of a soldier in the Italian Army during the Second World War. It was adapted from the 1946 novel Private Angelo by Eric Linklater. The film's costumes were designed by Ustinov's mother Nadia Benois.

A number of scenes were filmed in the Italian village of Trequanda in the Province of Siena. It also featured music played by the Società Filarmonica di Trequanda. Interiors were shot at Welwyn Studios, with sets designed by the art director John Howell.