Golden Madonna
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| Golden Madonna | |
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| Directed by | Luigi Carpentieri/Ladislao Vajda |
| Written by | Akos Tolnay |
| Produced by | Saverio D'Amico (Rome) John Stafford (London) |
| Starring | Phyllis Calvert Tullio Carminati Michael Rennie |
Production company | Independent Film Producers |
Release dates |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Countries | Italy United Kingdom |
| Languages | Italian English |
Golden Madonna is a 1949 Italian/British drama film directed by Luigi Carpentieri[1][2] and Ladislao Vajda and starring Phyllis Calvert, Tullio Carminati and Michael Rennie.[3] It was considered a lost film and was on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list, until a copy was loaned to the British Film Institute by Cohen Media.[4][5] Filmed on location, a group of original negatives and contact prints[6] taken by Francis Goodman are in the possession of London's National Portrait Gallery.
Plot
A young British woman who owns a villa in Italy offends the village she lives in by throwing away a sacred painting that they consider lucky and protector of the community. To redeem herself she goes out in search to try to recover it.
Cast
- Phyllis Calvert as Patricia Chandler
- Tullio Carminati as Signor Migone
- Michael Rennie as Mike Christie
- David Greene as Johnny Lester
- Aldo Silvani as Don Vincenzo
- Pippo Bonucci as Pippo
- Francesca Biondi as Maria
- Franco Coop as Esposito
- Claudio Ermelli as Antonio
References
- ^ "La madonnina d'oro". IMDb.com. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "La Madonnina d'oro". Cinematografo.it. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Golden Madonna". British Film Institute. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ http://www.bfi.org.uk/explore-film-tv/bfi-national-archive/archive-projects/bfi-most-wanted. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Golden Madonna / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Golden Madonna contact prints in the National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
External links
- BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes
- The Golden Madonna at IMDb
- Review of film at Variety
- Italian version
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