Love and Poison (film)

Love and Poison
Directed by	Giorgio Simonelli
Written by	Siro Angeli Gian Bistolfi Carlo Campogalliani Amleto Fattori Anton Giulio Majano
Produced by	Enrico Bomba
Starring	Amedeo Nazzari Lois Maxwell Marisa Merlini
Cinematography	Mario Montuori
Edited by	Giuseppe Vari
Music by	Salvatore Allegra
Production companies	Herald Pictures Ideal La Perla Rocket Films
Distributed by	Jewel Productions
Release dates	1950 27 February 1952 (US)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Love and Poison (Italian: Amori e veleni) is a 1950 Italian historical adventure film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Lois Maxwell and Marisa Merlini. It was released in America in 1952, and is sometimes dated by that year. The film was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome.

Set in the mid-seventeenth century, it portrays a romance between Queen Christina of Sweden and an Italian during her stay in Rome.

Cast

• Amedeo Nazzari as Franco Santinelli
• Lois Maxwell as Queen Christina
• Marisa Merlini as Orsola
• Olga Solbelli as Domitilla Baglioni
• Giulio Donnini as Gelasio Baglioni
• Massimo Sallusti as Carlo
• Anna Nievo as Annamaria Di Cerri
• Alfredo Varelli as Egidio d'Alvernia
• Afro Poli as Duke Di Cerri
• Italia Marchesini as Astrologa
• Cesare Fantoni
• Oscar Andriani
• Ave Ninchi
• Armando Furlai
• Corrado Nardi
• Riccardo Foti
• Lia Murano
• Amina Pirani Maggi
• Checco Durante
• Achille Togliani
• Greta Mandrà
• Claudio Giammi

Bibliography

• Poppi, Roberto. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002.

External links

• Love and Poison at IMDb