Season 1 • Episode 7
LatestLa Cittadella is a 1964 Italian miniseries based on A. J. Cronin's 1937 novel, The Citadel, and produced by Radiotelevisione Italiana. It was directed by Anton Giulio Majano and stars Alberto Lupo as Dr. Manson and Anna Maria Guarnieri as his wife, Christine. Other television versions include an American, another Italian, and two British adaptations.
Acting
Alberto Lupo embodies every doctor's ethical spiral with devastating precision.
Production
RAI's period recreation makes 1920s Wales weirdly believable in Italian.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
RAI's adaptation sparked debate about importing British social realism into Italian television during the economic boom.
Majano filmed on location in Wales for two weeks, unprecedented for Italian TV at the time.
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