''Passionate Song'' (Italian: ''Canzone appassionata'') is a 1953 Italian
musical
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* Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...
melodrama film
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directed by
Giorgio Simonelli
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Life and career
Born in Rome, Simonelli obtained a high school diploma in business stud ...
and starring
Nilla Pizzi
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Born in Sant'Agata Bolognese, she was particularly famous in Italy during the 1950s and 1960s. She won the first edition of the ...
,
Gérard Landry
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and
Vira Silenti
Vira Silenti (16 April 1931 – 1 November 2014) was an Italian actress.
Career
Born in Naples as Elvira Giovene, Silenti debuted as child actress at ten years old in ''Una notte dopo l’opera'' (1942). She studied law at the university and ...
.
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Plot
Lucia Spinelli, orphaned by both parents, is taken as a housekeeper in the house of Mrs. Carla Parodi, when she reaches the age of majority, the young woman is almost forced to marry Mrs. Carla's brother. After the marriage and the birth of the first child, Parodi's intrusions on the life of the two spouses continue. At the age of five, the little girl is sent to a college at Carla's suggestion, leaving Lucia in solitude, filled by the presence of Alberto, a shady individual who, after becoming her lover, pushes her to work as a singer in a nightclub. After leaving her husband, Lucia continues her work in the show that will take her around the world, but when she returns, after a few years, she will see her daughter again and will have the sad news about Alberto's attempts to take advantage of the young woman, in the dramatic final Lucia will kill Alberto.
Cast
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Nilla Pizzi
Nilla Pizzi, stage name of Adionilla Pizzi (; 16 April 1919 – 12 March 2011), was an Italian singer and actress.
Born in Sant'Agata Bolognese, she was particularly famous in Italy during the 1950s and 1960s. She won the first edition of the ...
as Lucia Spinelli
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Gérard Landry
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as Albert Dupont
*
Vira Silenti
Vira Silenti (16 April 1931 – 1 November 2014) was an Italian actress.
Career
Born in Naples as Elvira Giovene, Silenti debuted as child actress at ten years old in ''Una notte dopo l’opera'' (1942). She studied law at the university and ...
as Fiorella
*
Cesare Fantoni
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Biography
Born in Bologna, Fantoni began his acting career in Luchino Visconti’s stage proses until making his first on-screen appearance in 1937. ...
as Lorenzo Parodi
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Elisa Cegani
Elisa Cegani (11 June 1911 – 23 February 1996) was an Italian actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1935 and 1983.
Partial filmography
* ''Aldebaran'' (1935) - Nora Bandi
* ''Cavalry'' (1936) - Speranza di Frassineto
* ''The Countess ...
as Carla Parodi
*
Umberto Spadaro
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He appeared in around 95 films between 1940 and 1979. His brother Peppino Spadaro was also an actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (1939) – ...
as Il Commissario
*
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as Franco
*
Paola Quattrini
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Career
She debuted as child actor in ''Il bacio di una morta'' (1949). From then she started a very long career between stage, film and television, starring in hundreds of productions. I ...
as Fiorella di Piccola
*
France Degand
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as Blondie
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Gaetano Verna
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as Avv. del Divorzio
*
Luisa Rivelli
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Rivelli died in Guidonia Montecelio on 12 June 2013, at the age of 82.
Selected filmography
* '' La figlia del diavo ...
as Amante de Alberto
*
Nino Cavalieri
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as Bernardini
*
Zoe Incrocci
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Biography
Born in Brescia, Incrocci was the older sister of the screenwriter Agenore Incrocci. She made her film debut at young age in a supporting ...
as Prostituta alla Stazione
*
Mario Passante
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as L'Impresario Vitale
*
Giusi Raspani Dandolo
Giusi Raspani Dandolo (23 August 1916 – 14 January 2000) was an Italian stage, film, television and radio actress.
Life and career
Born in Trani, the daughter of a magistrate, Raspani Dandolo enrolled at the Bolzano Conservatory as to become ...
as La Turista
*
Guido Barbarisi
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Selected filmography
* '' Golden Arrow'' (1935)
* '' The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937)
* '' Who Are You?'' (1939)
* '' Two Million for a Smile'' (1939)
* '' Annabell ...
as Lo Snob
*
Bruno Cantalamessa
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as L'Algerino
*
Umberto Aquilino Umberto is a masculine Italian given name. It is the Italian form of Humbert. People with the name include:
* King Umberto I of Italy (1844–1900)
* King Umberto II of Italy (1904–1983)
* Prince Umberto, Count of Salemi (1889–1918)
* Umberto ...
as Compratore dei Gioielli
*
Gigi Reder
Gigi Reder (born Luigi Schroeder; 25 March 1928 – 8 October 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He was best known for the role of Filini in the ''Fantozzi'' film series.
Biography
Born in Naples in to a German father and a Neapolita ...
as Un Turista
References
Bibliography
* Parish, James Robert . ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977.
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1953 films
1950s Italian-language films
Films directed by Giorgio Simonelli
1950s musical drama films
Italian musical drama films
1953 drama films
Italian black-and-white films
Melodrama films
1950s Italian films
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