
Italian silent film, an adaptation of La Curée by Émile Zola
Directed by Baldassarre Negroni, La cuccagna leans on a strong ensemble — Ida Carloni Talli, Alfonso Cassini, Alberto Collo — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1917.
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In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.
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