Angels of Darkness

For other uses, see Angel of Darkness.

Angels of Darkness
Directed by	Giuseppe Amato
Written by	Bruno Paolinelli (novel) Elio Petri Gianni Puccini Cesare Zavattini Siro Angeli Giuseppe De Santis Gigliola Falluto Giuseppe Mangione Giuseppe Amato
Produced by	Giuseppe Amato Tino Buazzelli Piero Cocco
Starring	Linda Darnell Valentina Cortese Lea Padovani
Cinematography	Anchise Brizzi
Edited by	Gabriele Varriale
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Production company	Amato Film
Distributed by	CEI Incom
Release date	27 January 1954
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Angels of Darkness (Italian: Donne proibite) is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Giuseppe Amato and starring Linda Darnell, Valentina Cortese and Lea Padovani.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi.

Cast

• Linda Darnell as Lola Baldi
• Valentina Cortese as Vally
• Lea Padovani as Franca
• Giulietta Masina as Rosita
• Lilla Brignone as Tamara
• Carlo Dapporto as Vittorio
• Anthony Quinn as Francesco Caserto
• Alberto Farnese as The Sportsman
• Alberto Talegalli as A relative of Francesco's
• Checco Durante as Another relative of Francesco's
• Roberto Risso as Bruno
• Lola Braccini as Signora Capello
• Maria Pia Casilio as The Young Girl
• Rossella Falk as Morena
• Tino Buazzelli as mayor of Stefano
• Aldo Silvani as senior doctor
• Anita Durante as wife of Amilcare
• Gina Amendola
• Mariolina Bovo as Gelsomina
• Miranda Campa as woman with red carnation
• Antonio Cifariello as Dr. Carlo
• Edoardo Toniolo as third doctor
• Pina Piovani
• Maria Zanoli as elderly patient
• Alberto Plebani
• Antonio Cifariello
• Margherita Bagni as mother of Bruno
• Memmo Carotenuto as baker
• Cristina Fantoni
• Rina Dei
• Mino Doro
• Luigi Pigliacelli
• Patrizia Remiddi as Bambola

Bibliography

• Gino Moliterno. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Angels of Darkness at IMDb