''A Romantic Adventure'' (Italian: ''Una romantica avventura'') is a 1940 Italian
historical
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drama film
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directed by
Mario Camerini
Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. H ...
and starring
Assia Noris
Assia Noris (16 February 1912 – 27 January 1998) was a Russian-Italian film actress.
Born Anastasia Noris fon Gerzfeld (Anastassia Noris von Herzfeld), she appeared in over 35 films between 1932 and 1965.
She starred in films such as the Ma ...
,
Gino Cervi
Luigi Cervi (3 May 1901 – 3 January 1974), better known as Gino Cervi (), was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character ''Don Camillo'' (1952-1965), and police detective Jules M ...
and
Leonardo Cortese
Leonardo Cortese (24 May 1916 – 31 October 1984) was an Italian film actor and director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1938 and 1962. He also directed eight films between 1952 and 1967. He was born and died in Rome, Italy.
Sel ...
.
[Aprà p.111] It is inspired by the 1883 short story ''The Romantic Adventures Of A Milkmaid'' by
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Word ...
. Produced when the two countries were at war, the setting was shifted from the English countryside of the late nineteenth century to
Piedmont
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in the 1830s.
It was shot at the
Cinecittà Studios
Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City Studios), is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios wer ...
in
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and
on location around
Lake Orta
Lake Orta (Italian: ''Lago d’Orta'') is a lake in northern Italy, west of Lake Maggiore.
It has been so named since the 16th century, but was previously called Lago di San Giulio, after Saint Julius (4th century), the patron saint of the regi ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Gastone Medin
Gastone Medin (1905–1973) was an Italian art director.Anile p.132 He worked on more than a hundred and fifty films during his career.
Selected filmography
* ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931)
* '' Lowered Sails'' (1931)
* ''The Table of the P ...
. It was screened at the
1940 Venice Film Festival.
Cast
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Assia Noris
Assia Noris (16 February 1912 – 27 January 1998) was a Russian-Italian film actress.
Born Anastasia Noris fon Gerzfeld (Anastassia Noris von Herzfeld), she appeared in over 35 films between 1932 and 1965.
She starred in films such as the Ma ...
as Angioletta/Anna/Annetta
*
Gino Cervi
Luigi Cervi (3 May 1901 – 3 January 1974), better known as Gino Cervi (), was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character ''Don Camillo'' (1952-1965), and police detective Jules M ...
as Luigi
*
Leonardo Cortese
Leonardo Cortese (24 May 1916 – 31 October 1984) was an Italian film actor and director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1938 and 1962. He also directed eight films between 1952 and 1967. He was born and died in Rome, Italy.
Sel ...
as Il conte
*
Olga Solbelli
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People and fictional characters
* Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha
* Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga"
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Russia
* Olga, Russia, ...
as La vedova Cavara
*
Ernesto Almirante
Ernesto Almirante (24 September 1877 – 13 December 1964) was an Italian film and stage actor.
Life and career
Born in Mistretta into a family of actors, Almirante worked several years on stage along his father Nunzio. He was also active as ag ...
as Berni, il socio di Luigi
*
Calisto Bertramo
Calisto Bertramo (28 August 1875 – 30 September 1941) was an Italian stage and film actor. Bertramo appeared in around twenty films and frequently on the stage. He played a leading role in the 1923 London staging of ''The Lady from the Sea''.We ...
as Silvestro
*
Massimo Girotti
Massimo Girotti (18 May 1918 – 5 January 2003) was an Italian film actor whose career spanned seven decades.
Born in Mogliano, in the province of Macerata, Girotti developed his athletic physique by swimming and playing polo. While studying eng ...
as Luciano
*
Alfredo Martinelli
Alfredo Martinelli (7 March 1899 – 11 November 1968) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1916 and 1967. He was born and died in Siena, Tuscany.
Selected filmography
* ''I Topi Grigi'' (1918)
* ''Tortured Soul'' (1 ...
as Il violonista dell'orchestra paesana
*
Armando Migliari
Armando Migliari (29 April 1889 – 15 June 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in Latium, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934 ...
as Il padre di Annetta
*
Giacomo Almirante
Giacomo Almirante (1875–1944) was an Italian stage and film actor.Mitchell, Charles P. ''The Great Composers Portrayed on Film, 1913 through 2002''. McFarland, 2004. p.172.
Life and career
Born in Palermo, the brother of actors Ernesto and ...
as Il dottore
*
Bianca Beltrami as Un'amica di Annetta
*
Edoardo Borelli as Il farmacista
*
Adelmo Cocco as Don Antonio, il prete
*
Dhia Cristiani
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Demography
, The village has a total number of 60 houses and the population of 297 ...
as Tonina, la cameriere
*
Adele Mosso
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as La nonna di Annetta
*
Amalia Pellegrini
Amalia Pellegrini (16 June 1873 – 13 September 1958) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1935 to 1958.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1873 births
1958 deaths
Italian film actresses ...
as La vecchia domestica
*
Armando Rossini as Pinotto
*
Edda Soligo
Edda Soligo (1905–1984) was an Italian film and television actress.Verdone p.111
Selected filmography
* ''Adam's Tree'' (1936)
* '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937)
* ''The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937)
* ''Il signor Max'' (1937)
* '' To Live'' (1 ...
as Un'amica di Annetta
*
Lina Termini
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as La cantante
*
Olga von Kollar
Olga may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha
* Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga"
Places
Russia
* Olga, Russ ...
as Un'amica di Annetta
References
Bibliography
* Aprà, Adriano. ''The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944''. Electa International, 1979.
External links
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1940s Italian-language films
1940s historical drama films
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Italian black-and-white films
Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
Films set in Piedmont
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Films set in the 1850s
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