''Jealousy'' (Italian: ''Gelosia'') is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by

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and starring Erno Crisa,

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and

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. It is based on the 1901 novel ''Il Marchese di Roccaverdina'' by Luigi Capuana. It was shot on location around Belmonte Mezzagno in Sicily. 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

* Erno Crisa as Baron Antonio *

as Agrippina *

Alessandro Fersen Alessandro Fersen (5 December 1911 – 3 October 2001) was a Polish-born Italian dramatist, actor, theater director, author and drama teacher. Born Aleksander Fajrajzen in Łódź to a Jewish family, Fersen he moved to Genoa with his family in 1 ...

as Don Silvio *

Liliana Gerace Liliana is derived from the Latin word 'lilium' or 'lilion', both mean 'lily' in English. Due to this, the name means "pure" and "innocent". The name is generally found in North America, though it is more common in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ...

as Countess Zosima *

as Farmer Rocco *

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as Mamma Grazia * Gustavo De Nardo as Neli Casaccio * Maresa Gallo as Santa *

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as Commissario *

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as The Lawyer * Amedeo Trilli as Il maresciallo *

Guido Medici Guido is a given name Latinised from the Old High German name Wido. It originated in Medieval Italy. Guido later became a male first name in Austria, Germany, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and Switzerland. The me ...

as The Judge * Paola Borboni as Aunt Baroness * Loriana Varoli as Cristina *

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as Salvatore *

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as Madre di Agrippina * Gustavo Serena 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