Fra Diavolo (ital.: Brother of the devil, actually Michael Pezza; * 7 April 1771 in Itri]; "† 11 November 1806 in Neapel). The run away monk Fra Angelo became the bandit and took part under Ferdinand of IVTH in the armed resistance Italy against France. It was imprisoned taken by the Frenchmen and hung in Neapel.

In the arts

Its life became frequently related as material in the arts.

As collecting main for the opera Fra Diavolo of Daniel ESPRIT Auber, text of Scribe (premiere 1830 in Paris)

As collecting main for several films:

• 1912 Fra Diavolo
• 1925 Fra Diavolo
• 1931 Fra Diavolo
• 1933 Fra Diavolo/The Devil's bread ago, with Stan Laurel (Stanlio), olive Hardy (Ollio), Dennis King (Fra Diavolo/Marquis de San Marco)
• 1942 Fra Diavolo, direction: Luigi Zampa
• 1962 La Leggenda di Fra Diavolo, with Tony Russel (Fra Diavolo), Haya Harareet (Fiamma), Mario Adorf (Nardone)
• 1963 Fra Diavolo, with Ugo Tognazzi (Sergente Visicato), Raimondo Vianello (Tenente Salimei), Francisco Rabal (Fra Diavolo)

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