''Article 519, Penal Code'' (Italian: ''Art. 519 codice penale'', French: ''Violence charnelle'') is a 1952 French-Italian crime film directed by

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and starring

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, Cosetta Greco and

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.Domenico p.280 The film's sets were designed by the art director

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Title

The movie was tentatively named as ''Violenza carnale'' (''Sexual Assault''), which is also the name of the article of the Italian penal code which until 1996 applied to sexual violence mentioned in the final title.

Cast

as Renato Berti * Cosetta Greco as Clara Martini *

as Avv. Sardi * Rosy Mazzacurati as Luisa Berti *

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as Franco, Luisa's fiancée *

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as Clara's mother *

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as Clara's father *

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as Marta

References

Bibliography

* Domenico, Roy. ''The Devil and the Dolce Vita: Catholic Attempts to Save Italy's Soul, 1948-1974''. CUA Press, 2021.

External links

* 1952 films French drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Leonardo Cortese Italian drama films 1952 drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films 1950s French films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub