''Devotion'' (Italian title ''L'edera'') is a 1950
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melodrama film
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directed by
Augusto Genina
Augusto Genina (28 January 1892 – 18 September 1957) was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.
Biography
Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the ''Il Mondo'' Magazine, under advise of Aldo ...
.
The film is adapted from the famous Italian novel ''
L'Edera'' written by
Grazia Deledda
Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda (; 27 September 1871 – 15 August 1936), also known in Sardinian language as Gràssia or Gràtzia Deledda (), was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 "for her idealistically ...
and published in 1908.
Synopsis
Annesa (played by
Columba Dominguez), is a from a declining aristocratic family and very much devoted to her family, the Decherchi, which is at the edge of financial collapse. The fate of the family depends on the success of their efforts to inherit the estate of a distant uncle who, is hosted by the Decherchis, because of his ill health and is now on the verge of dying. Annesa, exacerbated by the refusal of the uncle to help financially Annesa's financially strapped nephew Don Paulu Decherchi (played by
Roldano Lupi
Roldano Lupi (8 February 1909 – 13 August 1989) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1942 and 1967. He was born in Milan, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''Jealousy'' (1942)
* '' Yes, Madam'' ...
), that she is secretly in love with, murders the uncle. Despite the suspicions and investigations by the police, the murder is not discovered. But Annesa, overcome by remorse, confesses her deed to a priest.
Cast
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Columba Domínguez
Columba Domínguez Alarid (March 4, 1929 – August 13, 2014) was a Mexican actress, singer, and painter. She is remembered particularly for her performance in the film ''Pueblerina'' (1949).
Biography
Early life
Columba Domínguez Alarid was bo ...
: Annesa
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Roldano Lupi
Roldano Lupi (8 February 1909 – 13 August 1989) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1942 and 1967. He was born in Milan, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''Jealousy'' (1942)
* '' Yes, Madam'' ...
: Don Paulu Decherchi
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Juan de Landa
Juan de Landa (1894–1968) was a Spanish film actor, who was born in the Basque Country. de Landa entered the film industry in 1930 following the arrival of sound film. He initially acted in Spanish-language versions of Hollywood films, but lat ...
: Virdis, il sacerdote
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Franca Marzi
Franca Marzi (18 August 1926 – 6 March 1989) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1943 and 1977.
Life and career
Born in Rome as Francesca Marsi, after working in the revue, Marzi made her film debut in her early ...
: Zana
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Emma Baron
Emma Baron (19 October 1904 – 7 March 1986https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056228/ Imdb ) was an Italian stage and film actress.
Life and career
Born Emma Bardon in Treviso, after getting an arts degree she began her career on stage in the 1920s, ...
: Donna Francesca
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Nino Pavese
Nino Pavese (10 April 1904 – 21 December 1979) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Asti and the younger brother of actor and voice actor Luigi Pavese, he began his career on stage with a theatrical troupe in the early ...
: Salvatore Spanu
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Gualtiero Tumiati
Gualtiero Tumiati ( 8 May 1876 – 23 April 1971) was an Italian actor and stage director.
Life and career
Born in Ferrara, Tumiati studied at the College of the Oaks in Florence and there he attended the acting courses held by Luigi Rasi. He ...
: Zio Zua
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1950 films
1950s Italian-language films
Films based on Italian novels
Films shot in Sardinia
Films directed by Augusto Genina
Films based on works by Grazia Deledda
Films set in Sardinia
Italian drama films
1950 drama films
Melodrama films
1950s Italian films
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