Edoardo De Angelis’s film Comandante reconstructed the adventurous story of Commander Salvatore Todaro (Pierfrancesco Favino), legendary WWII hero of the seas, between Taranto (at the Naval Dock) and Rome.
The main setting of the film is the Cappellini submarine of the 1940 Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) idiosyncratically commanded by Salvatore Todaro: its prow reinforced with steel to repel sudden attacks; cannon shots fired on emersion to challenge the enemy; and a crew armed with daggers for potential, and unlikely, hand to hand combat. The submarine (73 m long, 70 tons of steel) was meticulously rebuilt using material, mostly photographs, found in the Navy’s Ufficio Storico. Its construction, in collaboration with Cinecittà, required more than 100 engineers, builders and artisans: work began on 23 May 2022 and was completed 8 months later, in late October 2022 with a launch at the dock at the Naval arsenal.
The Cappellini may now be used to house a museum of naval history with multimedia content.
Edoardo De Angelis’s film Comandante reconstructed the adventurous story of Commander Salvatore Todaro (Pierfrancesco Favino), legendary WWII hero of the seas, between Taranto (at the Naval Dock) and Rome.
The main setting of the film is the Cappellini submarine of the 1940 Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) idiosyncratically commanded by Salvatore Todaro: its prow reinforced with steel to repel sudden attacks; cannon shots fired on emersion to challenge the enemy; and a crew armed with daggers for potential, and unlikely, hand to hand combat. The submarine (73 m long, 70 tons of steel) was meticulously rebuilt using material, mostly photographs, found in the Navy’s Ufficio Storico. Its construction, in collaboration with Cinecittà, required more than 100 engineers, builders and artisans: work began on 23 May 2022 and was completed 8 months later, in late October 2022 with a launch at the dock at the Naval arsenal.
The Cappellini may now be used to house a museum of naval history with multimedia content.
Copyright: Enrico De Luigi
Pierfrancesco Favino
Copyright: Enrico De Luigi
Edoardo De Angelis, Pierfrancesco Favino
Copyright: Enrico De Luigi
Copyright: Enrico De Luigi
Copyright: Enrico De Luigi
Copyright: Enrico De Luigi
Edoardo De Angelis
Copyright: Enrico De Luigi
Edoardo De Angelis, Pierfrancesco Favino
Copyright: Enrico De Luigi
Copyright: Enrico De Luigi
Massimiliano Rossi
Copyright: Enrico De Luigi
Pierfrancesco Favino
Copyright: Enrico De Luigi
Pierfrancesco Favino
Copyright: Enrico De Luigi
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