''Goodbye Youth'' (Italian: ''Addio giovinezza!'') is a 1927 Italian silent

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directed by Augusto Genina and starring

Walter Slezak Walter Slezak (; 3 May 1902 – 21 April 1983) was an Austrian-born film and stage actor active between 1922 and 1976. He mainly appeared in German films before migrating to the United States in 1930 and performing in numerous Hollywood producti ...

Elena Sangro Elena Sangro (born Maria Antonietta Bartoli Avveduti, 5 September 1897 – 26 January 1969) was an Italian actress. Selected filmography * '' The Crusaders'' (1918) * '' Fabiola'' (1918) * ''Samson'' (1923) * '' Emperor Maciste'' (1924) * '' Ple ...

and Carmen Boni.Goble p. 356 The film was adapted from the 1911 play of the same name by

Nino Oxilia Nino Oxilia (13 November 1889 – 18 November 1917) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter and film director.Moliterno p. 258 His 1911 play '' Goodbye Youth'' was turned into several films. He also wrote the first lyrics for the song "Giovinezz ...

and Sandro Camasio. The film is set in Turin at the beginning of the Twentieth century, where a student begins a romance with a

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Dorina. However, he is lured away by a sophisticated older woman leaving Dorina distressed. Genina had previously directed an earlier version of the play in 1918. It was remade as a sound film of the same title in 1940.

Cast

* Carmen Boni as Dorina *

Augusto Bandini Augusto Bandini (born 1889) was an Italian film actor.Dalle Vacche p.268 He appeared in more than forty productions, the majority of them during the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Emperor Maciste'' (1924) * ''Maciste's American Nephew'' ...

Carla Bartheel Carla Bartheel (born Charlotte Franziska Johanna Barthel, 5 July 1902 – 28 December 1983) was a German film actress and photographer.Giesen p.200 Biography Carla Bartheel was born Charlotte Franziska Johanna Barthel on 5 July 1902. She took act ...

* Gemma De Ferrari

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1927 films 1920s historical drama films Italian silent feature films Italian historical drama films Films set in Turin Italian films based on plays 1920s Italian-language films Films directed by Augusto Genina Remakes of Italian films Italian black-and-white films 1927 drama films Silent drama films 1920s Italian films {{Italy-silent-film-stub