''Love and Blood'' ( it, Amore e sangue) is a 1951 Italian-German

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directed by

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and starring

Maria Montez María África Gracia Vidal (6 June 1912 – 7 September 1951), known professionally as Maria Montez, was a Dominican motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume ...

in one of her last roles.''Amore e Sangue''
at Maria Montez Fan Fage It was also known as ''City of Violence''. The film's

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was by

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and

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. A separate German-language version ''

Shadows Over Naples ''Shadows Over Naples'' (german: Schatten über Neapel) is a 1951 German-Italian crime film directed by Hans Wolff and starring Maria Montez, Massimo Serato, and Hans Söhnker. A separate Italian version ''Love and Blood ''Love and Blood'' ...

'' was also made, directed by Hans Wolff.

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Film information at Mariamontez.org
1951 films 1951 crime drama films Italian crime drama films West German films 1950s Italian-language films Italian multilingual films Films directed by Marino Girolami Films about the Camorra German crime drama films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Hans Wolff Films set in Italy Films set in Naples German multilingual films 1950s multilingual films Melodrama films Films scored by Renzo Rossellini Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films 1950s German films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub