Love Me, Alfredo!
Appearance
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Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
Written by | Guido Cantini Carmine Gallone |
Produced by | Federico Curioni Nino Ottavi |
Starring | Maria Cebotari Claudio Gora Lucie Englisch |
Cinematography | Anchise Brizzi |
Edited by | Oswald Hafenrichter Niccolò Lazzari |
Music by | Riccardo Zandonai |
Production company | Grandi Film |
Distributed by | ICI |
Release date | 29 September 1940 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Love Me, Alfredo! (Italian: Amami, Alfredo!) is a 1940 Italian romantic drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Claudio Gora and Lucie Englisch.[1] It portrays the relationship between an established opera singer and her lover an unknown composer. The title is a reference to Verdi's La Traviata.
It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini.
Cast
- Maria Cebotari as Maria Dalgeri
- Claudio Gora as Il compositore Giacomo Varni
- Lucie Englisch as Luisa Traller
- Paolo Stoppa as Cecè
- Luigi Almirante as Romanelli
- Aristide Baghetti as Il sovrintendente
- Carmen Fortis as Una spettatrice
References
- ^ Nowell-Smith p.57
Bibliography
- Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey. The Companion to Italian Cinema. Cassell, 1996.