The Mistress of Treves

The Mistress of Treves
Directed by	Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by	Corrado Pavolini Carlo Terron Jacopo da Varazze (book) Lino de Joanna Giuseppe del Ongaro
Produced by	Giorgio Venturini
Starring	Rossano Brazzi Anne Vernon Gianni Santuccio
Cinematography	Massimo Dallamano
Edited by	Loris Bellero
Music by	Giovanni Fusco
Production company	Venturini Film
Distributed by	Accord-Film Regionale Synimex
Release date	6 February 1952 (1952-02-06)
Running time	84 minutes
Countries	France Italy West Germany
Language	Italian

The Mistress of Treves (Italian: La Leggenda di Genoveffa) is a 1952 historical drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Rossano Brazzi, Anne Vernon and Gianni Santuccio. Made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany, it was filmed at a studio in Milan and on location in the Aosta Valley. It is based on the legend of Genevieve of Brabant and is set during the time of the Crusades.

Cast

• Rossano Brazzi as Sigfrido, conte di Treviri
• Anne Vernon as Genoveffa di Brabante
• Gianni Santuccio as Golo
• Enzo Fiermonte as Il barone Drago
• Edmea Lari as La locandiera
• Elena Borgo as Berta
• Pietro Tordi as Orso
• Nerio Bernardi
• Arrigo Peri
• Domenico Viglione Borghese
• Piera Vidale
• Piero Carnabuci
• Emilio Baldanello
• Raf Pindi
• Franco Fabrizi
• Jolanda Blasi
• Anna Carena
• Carlo Dale

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
• Harty, Kevin J. (1999). The Reel Middle Ages: American, Western and Eastern European, Middle Eastern and Asian Films About Medieval Europe. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0541-1.

External links

• La Leggenda di Genoveffa at IMDb