Malaspina | |
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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.
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.
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]
Malaspina | |
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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 |
|
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.
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.
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]