Movielogr
Engaged to Death (1957)
Directed by Romolo Marcellini
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.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Rik Battaglia | Sylva Koscina | Margit Nünke | Gustavo Rojo | Saro Urzì | Carlo Ninchi | Hans Albers | Marco Guglielmi | Gualtiero De Angelis | Emilio Cigoli | Luigi Pavese | Anna Maini | Marida Vanni | Giovanni Piva | Edoardo Toniolo | Piero Pastore | Giorgio Pucci | Valeria Fabrizi | Renato Navarrini | Spartaco Ricci | Geoffrey Duke | Libero Liberati | Bill Lomas | Enrico Lorenzetti | Pierre Monneret | Maria Tedeschi