''L'abito nero da sposa'' () is a 1945 Italian

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directed by

Luigi Zampa Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director. Biography Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome. He directed several ...

and starring

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. It is based on the play ''

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'' by Louis N. Parker.

Cast

as Il cardinale Giovanni de Medici * Jacqueline Laurent as Berta Chigi *

Enzo Fiermonte Enzo Fiermonte (17 July 1908 – 22 March 1993), sometimes credited as William Bird, was an Italian actor and boxer. Early life Vincenzo "Enzo" Fiermonte was born on 17 July 1908 in Casamassima, a rural village near Bari, in southern Italy to D ...

as Giuliano de Medici *

Carlo Tamberlani Carlo Tamberlani (11 March 1899 – 5 August 1980) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1931 and 1976. He was born in Salice Salentino, Italy and died in Subiaco, Italy. His brother Nando Tamberlani was also an actor. ...

as Andrea Strozzi *

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as Bartolomeo Chigi *

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as Il governatore Baglioni * Manoel Roero as Raffaello (as Manuel Roero) *

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as Beppe, il campanaro *

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as Madonna de Medici *

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as Luigi *

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as Bernardino *

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as Un mercante della statua di Venere * Franco Pesce as Un invitato alla festa

Production

''L'abito nero da sposa'' is based on the play ''The Cardinal'' by Louis N. Parker. The film had some notoriety in Italy as it was blacklisted by the church. The film was originally going to be the directorial debut of

Mario Pannunzio Mario Pannunzio (5 March 1910 – 10 February 1968) was an Italian journalist and politician. As a journalist he was the director in charge of the daily newspaper Risorgimento Liberale (''Liberal reawakening'') in the 1940s and of the weekly p ...

, who dropped out of the project.

, who was in the army and about to leave to the Russian front, was given a 60 day permit to direct the film. During principal shooting on the film, on September 8, 1943 General Pietro Badoglio signed an armistice and joined the allies as co-belligerent. Film was put on hold until the American forces were in Italy, and filming continued in June 1944.

Release

''L'abito nero da sposa'' was distributed by Produttori Associatti in Italy on May 17, 1945. Zampa later spoke on about his early films, stating that he "prefer not to remember

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They taught me how to move the camera and direct the actors. But I never tried to watch them again, there is nothing inside them. They were just spectacles."

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abito Nero Da Sposa, L 1945 films 1940s historical drama films Italian historical drama films 1940s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films set in Florence Films set in the 16th century Films directed by Luigi Zampa 1945 drama films 1940s Italian films