''Sad Loves'' (Italian: ''Tristi amori'') is a 1943 Italian
historical drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Carmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone (10 September 1885 – 11 March 1973) was an early Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, who was also controversial for his works of pro-Fascist propaganda and historical revisionism. Considered one of Itali ...
and starring
Jules Berry
Jules Berry (born Marie Louis Jules Paufichet; 9 February 1883 – 23 April 1951) was a French actor.
Biography
Early life
Berry and his two brothers were born to parents who sold hardware and settled in Poitou. The family moved to Paris in 188 ...
,
Gino Cervi
Luigi Cervi (3 May 1901 – 3 January 1974), better known as Gino Cervi (), was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character ''Don Camillo'' (1952-1965), and police detective Jules ...
and
Andrea Checchi
Andrea Checchi (21 October 1916 – 29 March 1974) was a prolific Italian film actor.
Biography
Born in Florence, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974. The son of a painter, ...
.
[Nowell-Smith, Hay & Volpi p.57] It was based on the
play of the same title by
Giuseppe Giacosa
Giuseppe Giacosa (21 October 1847 – 1 September 1906) was an Italian poet, playwright and librettist.
Life
He was born in Colleretto Parella, now Colleretto Giacosa, near Turin. His father was a magistrate. Giuseppe went to the University of ...
. It was made at
Cinecittà
Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City Studios), is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios we ...
in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
. It is set in the 1880s.
Cast
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Jules Berry
Jules Berry (born Marie Louis Jules Paufichet; 9 February 1883 – 23 April 1951) was a French actor.
Biography
Early life
Berry and his two brothers were born to parents who sold hardware and settled in Poitou. The family moved to Paris in 188 ...
as Il conte Ettore Arcieri
*
Gino Cervi
Luigi Cervi (3 May 1901 – 3 January 1974), better known as Gino Cervi (), was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character ''Don Camillo'' (1952-1965), and police detective Jules ...
as Giulio Scarli
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Andrea Checchi
Andrea Checchi (21 October 1916 – 29 March 1974) was a prolific Italian film actor.
Biography
Born in Florence, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974. The son of a painter, ...
as Fabrizio Arcieri
*
Luisa Ferida
Luisa Ferida, real surname Manfrini, (18 March 1914 – 30 April 1945) was an Italian stage and film actress. She was one of divas in Italian cinema during decade 1935-1945 and she was the highest paid movie star of that period. The actress w ...
as Emma Scarli
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Giuseppe Varni
Giuseppe Varni (born Józef Bruno Winawer) (1902-1965) was a Polish-born Italian stage and film actor.Anile p.135
Selected filmography
* ''Oltre l'amore'' (1940) - Il commissario
* ''Amami Alfredo'' (1940) - (uncredited)
* ''Eternal Melodies' ...
as Il cavaliere Rublo
*
Enrico Viarisio
Enrico Viarisio (3 December 1897 – 1 November 1967) was an Italian theatre and cinema actor.
Biography
Equipped of a fine and elegant humour, Viarisio was discovered by actress Paola Pezzaglia
Paolina Pezzaglia Greco (13 September 1886 &ndas ...
as Adriano Rainetti
*
Luigi Allodoli as Giustino, il commesso dello studio Scarli
*
Antonio Anselmo as Il tenente Rovi
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Amelia Bissi as Marta
*
Gemma Bolognesi
Gemma Bolognesi (4 November 1894 – 26 March 1983) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1916 to 1954.
Biography
Bolognesi began acting at an early age and made her debut with the ensemble of the Teatro Manzoni in ...
as La cassiera del Caffè 'Doria'
*
Margherita Bossi
Margherita is an Italian feminine given name. It also is a surname. As a word, in Italian it means " daisy".
Given name
As a name, it may refer to:
*Margherita Aldobrandini (1588–1646), Duchess consort of Parma
*Margherita de' Medici (1612 ...
as La signora Rublo
*
Ruggero Capodaglio as Il dottore Brusio
*
Ernesto Collo as Il socio palermitano
*
Enzo Gainotti as Un socio del Circolo
*
Toscano Giuntini
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Places
*"of Tuscany" or "Tuscan", used as an adjective
*Magliano in Toscana, a ''comune'' in Italy
*Toscano (Miami), Florida, United States
People
* Alberto Toscano (born 1977), cult ...
as Un' ufficiale
*
Luciano Manara
Luciano Manara (23 March 1825 – 30 June 1849) was a Milanese soldier and politician of the Risorgimento era, who took part in the Roman Republic.
Life
Manara was born in Milan in 1825.
A friend of Carlo Cattaneo, in 1848 he participated in the ...
as Un' ufficiale di Stato Maggiore
*
Giuseppe Pierozzi
Giuseppe Pierozzi (8 March 1883 – 22 April 1956) was an Italian stage and film actor.Goble p.349
Selected filmography
* '' Maddalena Ferat'' (1920)
* '' Through the Shadows'' (1923)
* ''Samson'' (1923)
* '' The Faces of Love'' (1924)
* '' The ...
as Il sarto
*
Livia Venturini
Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – 28 September AD 29) was a Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Emperor Augustus Caesar. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julian family in AD 14.
Livia was the da ...
as La signorina Rublo
*
Renato Malavasi
Renato Malavasi (8 August 1904 – 7 October 1998) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 135 films between 1921 and 1985.
Selected filmography
* '' The Golden Vein'' (1928)
* '' The Song of Love'' (1930)
* '' Lowered Sails'' (1931)
* ' ...
as Il ragionere del Circolo
*
Giorgio Fini as Un' ufficiale
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Andrea Volo as Un' ufficiale
References
Bibliography
* Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey & Hay, James & Volpi, Gianni. ''The Companion to Italian Cinema''. Cassell, 1996.
External links
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1943 films
Italian historical drama films
1940s historical drama films
1940s Italian-language films
Films directed by Carmine Gallone
Italian films based on plays
Films based on works by Giuseppe Giacosa
Films set in the 1880s
Films set in Italy
Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
Italian black-and-white films
Films scored by Alessandro Cicognini
1940s Italian films
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