''Jealousy'' (Italian: ''Gelosia'') is a 1953 Italian

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directed by Pietro Germi and starring

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, Marisa Belli and Vincenzo Musolino. It is based on the 1901 novel ''Il Marchese di Roccaverdina'' by

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. It was shot on location around Belmonte Mezzagno in

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. The story had previously been made into a 1942 film of the same title.

Plot

At the church, Rocco, steward on the lands of a landowner, the Marquis of Roccaverdina, marries the beautiful peasant girl Agrippina. But he was shot twice. Justice arrests and condemns a certain Neli. In truth, the assassin is the marquis himself who had contracted a sham marriage with the young woman so that she would remain his mistress...

Cast

as Baron Antonio * Marisa Belli as Agrippina * Alessandro Fersen as Don Silvio * Liliana Gerace as Countess Zosima * Vincenzo Musolino as Farmer Rocco * Grazia Spadaro as Mamma Grazia * Gustavo De Nardo as Neli Casaccio * Maresa Gallo as Santa * Pasquale Martino as Commissario * Renato Pinciroli as The Lawyer *

Amedeo Trilli Amedeo Trilli (9 July 1906 – 30 November 1971) was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Ronciglione, Viterbo, at very young age Trilli worked as a circus artist, then in 1922 he studied performance at the Accademia ...

as Il maresciallo * Guido Medici as The Judge *

Paola Borboni Paola Borboni (1 January 1900 – 9 April 1995) was an Italian stage and film actress whose career spanned nine decades of cinema. Early life Borboni was born on 1 January 1900 in Parma, Italy. Career Borboni made her stage debut in 19 ...

as Aunt Baroness * Loriana Varoli as Cristina * Giovanni Martella as Salvatore * Assunta Radico as Madre di Agrippina *

Gustavo Serena Gustavo Serena (5 October 1881 – 16 April 1970) was an Italian actor and film director. He appeared in 107 films between 1909 and 1961. He also directed 33 films between 1912 and 1932. He was born in Naples and died in Rome. Selected fil ...

as Doctor

References

External links

* * 1953 films Italian drama films 1953 drama films Films directed by Pietro Germi Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Italian black-and-white films Films based on Italian novels Films shot in Sicily Films set in Sicily Minerva Film films Remakes of Italian films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-drama-film-stub