''Goodbye Naples'' (Italian: ''Addio, Napoli!'') is a 1955 Italian

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directed by

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and starring

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and Giorgio De Lullo.Chiti & Poppi p.19 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ivo Battelli and Alfredo Montori.

Cast

as Irene *

as Frank * Giorgio De Lullo a sTom * Leopoldo Valentini as Carmine *

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as Clara *

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: Clara's friend (uncredited) * Charles Fawcett as Charles Burton *

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as Pasquale * Anna Pretolani as Nunziata *

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as Gaetano Fortunati * Nino Vingelli as Pasqualino De Rosa * Domenico Maggio as Giulio Lombardo * Pasquale Martino as The Priest * Vittoria Paoletti as Clara's daughter

References

Bibliography

* Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991.

External links

* 1955 films Italian drama films 1955 drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero Melodrama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub