# Engaged to Death

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{{Infobox film
| name = Engaged to Death
| image = Engaged to Death.jpg
| caption =
| director = [Romolo Marcellini](/source/Romolo_Marcellini)
| producer = [Giuseppe Driussi](/source/Giuseppe_Driussi)
| writer = {{ubl|[Giuseppe De Santis](/source/Giuseppe_De_Santis)|[Nicolò Ferrari](/source/Nicol%C3%B2_Ferrari)|[Jacques Rémy](/source/Jacques_R%C3%A9my_(writer))|[Franco Solinas](/source/Franco_Solinas)}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[Rik Battaglia](/source/Rik_Battaglia)|[Sylva Koscina](/source/Sylva_Koscina)|[Margit Nünke](/source/Margit_N%C3%BCnke)|[Hans Albers](/source/Hans_Albers)}}
| music = [Angelo Francesco Lavagnino](/source/Angelo_Francesco_Lavagnino)
| cinematography = [Aldo Giordani](/source/Aldo_Giordani)
| editing = [Eraldo Da Roma](/source/Eraldo_Da_Roma)
| studio = Sirio Film 
| distributor = CEI Incom 
| released = {{Film date|1957|02|06|df=yes}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = [Italian](/source/Italian_language) 
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Engaged to Death''''' ({{langx|it|I fidanzati della morte}}) is a 1957 Italian [sports](/source/sports_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Romolo Marcellini](/source/Romolo_Marcellini) and starring [Rik Battaglia](/source/Rik_Battaglia), [Sylva Koscina](/source/Sylva_Koscina) and [Margit Nünke](/source/Margit_N%C3%BCnke).<ref>Rondolino p.183</ref> The veteran German star [Hans Albers](/source/Hans_Albers) appears in a supporting role. The film portrays the lives of top [motorcycle racing](/source/motorcycle_racing) competitors.

The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director) [Carlo Egidi](/source/Carlo_Egidi). It was shot in [Eastmancolor](/source/Eastmancolor).

==Cast==
* [Rik Battaglia](/source/Rik_Battaglia) as Carlo 
* [Sylva Koscina](/source/Sylva_Koscina) as Lucia 
* [Margit Nünke](/source/Margit_N%C3%BCnke) as Giovanna 
* [Gustavo Rojo](/source/Gustavo_Rojo) as Pietro 
* [Hans Albers](/source/Hans_Albers) as Lorenzo 
* [Carlo Ninchi](/source/Carlo_Ninchi) as Parisi 
* [Saro Urzì](/source/Saro_Urz%C3%AC) as Tulio 
* [Anna Maini](/source/Anna_Maini)
* [Marida Vanni](/source/Marida_Vanni)
* [Giovanni Piva](/source/Giovanni_Piva)
* [Marco Guglielmi](/source/Marco_Guglielmi)
* [Edoardo Toniolo](/source/Edoardo_Toniolo)
* [Piero Pastore](/source/Piero_Pastore)
* [Giorgio Pucci](/source/Giorgio_Pucci)
* [Valeria Fabrizi](/source/Valeria_Fabrizi)
* [Renato Navarrini](/source/Renato_Navarrini)
* [Spartaco Ricci](/source/Spartaco_Ricci)
* [Geoffrey Duke](/source/Geoffrey_Duke) as Biker 
* [Libero Liberati](/source/Libero_Liberati) as Biker 
* [Bill Lomas](/source/Bill_Lomas) as Biker 
* [Enrico Lorenzetti](/source/Enrico_Lorenzetti) as Biker 
* [Pierre Monneret](/source/Pierre_Monneret) as Biker 
* [Alessandro Tedeschi](/source/Alessandro_Tedeschi) as Tour Eiffel Tourist 
* [Maria Tedeschi](/source/Maria_Tedeschi_(actress)) as Tour Eiffel Tourist

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Gianni Rondolino. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano 1945-1969''. G. Einaudi, 1969.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0049914}}

Category:1957 films
Category:Italian auto racing films
Category:1957 Italian-language films
Category:Films directed by Romolo Marcellini
Category:1950s sports drama films
Category:Italian sports drama films
Category:Motorcycle racing films
Category:Films scored by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Category:1957 drama films
Category:1957 Italian films

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