The Lion of Amalfi (Italian: Il Leone di Amalfi) is a 1950 Italian historical adventure film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Vittorio Gassman, Milly Vitale and Carlo Ninchi.
[2] Gassman had attracted notice for his performance in the melodrama Bitter Rice leading to his casting in this film.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Flavio Mogherini.
[3] After the Duchy of Amalfi is invaded and conquered by the Normans, the last Duke's son Mauro leads a resistance movement to the tyrannical regime they impose.
This article related to an Italian film of the 1950s is a stub.