L'abito nero da sposa

L'abito nero da sposa (Template:Translation) is a 1945 Italian historical drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Fosco Giachetti.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn It is based on the play The Cardinal by Louis N. Parker.

Cast

• Fosco Giachetti as Il cardinale Giovanni de Medici
• Jacqueline Laurent as Berta Chigi
• Enzo Fiermonte as Giuliano de Medici
• Carlo Tamberlani as Andrea Strozzi
• Aldo Silvani as Bartolomeo Chigi
• Domenico Viglione Borghese as Il governatore Baglioni
• Manoel Roero as Raffaello (as Manuel Roero)
• Fausto Guerzoni as Beppe, il campanaro
• Evelina Paoli as Madonna de Medici
• Peppino Spadaro as Luigi
• Renato Chiantoni as Bernardino
• Emilio Petacci as Un mercante della statua di Venere
• Franco Pesce as Un invitato alla festa

Production

L'abito nero da sposa is based on the play The Cardinal by Louis N. Parker.Template:Sfn The film had some notoriety in Italy as it was blacklisted by the church.Template:Sfn The film was originally going to be the directorial debut of Mario Pannunzio, who dropped out of the project.Template:Sfn Luigi Zampa, who was in the army and about to leave to the Russian front, was given a 60 day permit to direct the film.Template:Sfn During principal shooting on the film, on September 8, 1943 General Pietro Badoglio signed an armistice and joined the allies as co-belligerent.Template:Sfn Film was put on hold until the American forces were in Italy, and filming continued in June 1944.Template:Sfn

Release

L'abito nero da sposa was distributed by Produttori Associatti in Italy on May 17, 1945.Template:Sfn Zampa later spoke on about his early films, stating that he "prefer not to remember [them]. They taught me how to move the camera and direct the actors. But I never tried to watch them again, there is nothing inside them. They were just spectacles."Template:Sfn

External links

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