Malaspina (film)
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Directed by | Armando Fizzarotti |
Written by | Roberto Amoroso |
Produced by | Roberto Amoroso |
Starring | Vera Rol Aldo Bufi Landi Rino Genovese Ugo D'Alessio |
Cinematography | Roberto Amoroso |
Music by | Giuseppe Cioffi |
Production company | Sud Film |
Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Malaspina is a 1947 Italian melodrama film directed by Armando Fizzarotti and starring Vera Rol, Aldo Bufi Landi and Rino Genovese. It is a melodrama, based on a popular song of the same name. Its story of female wrongdoing and ultimate redemption was characteristic of Neapolitan-style cinema.
Synopsis
[edit]A young woman promises to be faithful to her lover when he goes off to fight in the Second World War. However, in his absence she becomes a prostitute and takes up with a notorious criminal. When her real love returns he kills her new boyfriend. Deeply ashamed of her conduct, she becomes a nun.
Reception
[edit]The film revived the Naples film-industry, which had largely disappeared during the Fascist era when Italian filmmaking was concentrated in Rome. The film was released in the United States, where it proved popular with Italian-American audiences.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Vera Rol as Maria, detta 'Malaspina'
- Aldo Bufi Landi as Andrea
- Rino Genovese as Gaetano
- Ugo D'Alessio as Nicola
- Vittoria Crispo as Teresina
- Carmelo Capurro
- Nicola Pouthod
- Alberto Amato
- Gino Vittorio
References
[edit]- ^ Marlow-Mann p.16
Bibliography
[edit]- Marlow-Mann, Alex. The New Neapolitan Cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2011.
- Moine, Raphaëlle. Cinema Genre. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
External links
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