''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (Italian: ''L'orfana del ghetto'') is a 1954 Italian
historical
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melodrama film
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directed by
Carlo Campogalliani
Carlo Campogalliani (10 October 1885 – 10 August 1974) was an Italian screenwriter, actor and film director. Campogalliani directed around eighty films during his career and acted in another fifty. He directed the 1934 sports film '' Stadio''.R ...
. It is based on a novel of the same name by
Carolina Invernizio.
[Goble p.238]
Cast
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Franca Marzi
Franca Marzi (18 August 1926 – 6 March 1989) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1943 and 1977.
Life and career
Born in Rome as Francesca Marsi, after working in the revue, Marzi made her film debut in her early ...
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Luisella Boni
Luisella Boni (born 24 July 1935) is an Italian actress.
Born in Como, Lombardy as Luisa Angela Bozzo, Boni debuted in 1952 in Bernard Vorhaus' film '' Finishing School''.
One of the most active actresses in Italian cinema between the early fif ...
as Viola
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Anna Arena
Anna Arena (June 21, 1919 – August 19, 1974) was an Italian film actress.Smith p.116
Selected filmography
* ''Jealousy'' (1942)
* '' Vacation with a Gangster'' (1951)
* ''The Piano Tuner Has Arrived'' (1952)
* '' Beauties in Capri'' (1952)
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Renato Baldini
Renato Baldini (18 December 1921 – 5 July 1995) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 87 films between 1950 and 1983. He was born in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''It's Forever Springtime'' (1950) - Un carabiniere al processo
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Alberto Farnese
Alberto Farnese (3 June 1926 – 2 June 1996) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1951 and 1989. He starred in the film ''Whom God Forgives'', which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of ...
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Carlos Lamas
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Barbara Leite
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Carlo Lombardi
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Nino Marchetti
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Floriana Mulas
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Nico Pepe
Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981.
Selected filmography
* '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936)
* ''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940)
* '' Captain Fraca ...
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Letizia Quaranta
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Domenico Serra
Domenico Serra (1899–1965) was an Italian stage and film actor. He made more than sixty films, many of them during the silent era including Mario Bonnard's historical film '' The Betrothed'' (1923).Goble p.305 In the sound era, he largely pl ...
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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''Orphan of the Ghetto''at
Variety Distribution
Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company.
It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward.
History
Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ...
1954 films
1954 drama films
Italian drama films
1950s Italian-language films
Films directed by Carlo Campogalliani
Films scored by Giovanni Fusco
Melodramas
Italian black-and-white films
1950s Italian films
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