''Serenata amara'' (t.l. ''Bitter serenade'') is a 1952
Italian
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musical melodrama film
A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or exces ...
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Plot
The film tells a story of friendship between two boxers, Mario (Claudio Villa) and Fabrizio (Walter Santesso), disturbed by their attraction for the same young girl, Anna Maria (Liliana Bonfatti).
Cast
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Claudio Villa
Claudio Villa (born Claudio Pica; 1 January 1926 – 7 February 1987) was an Italian singer and actor.
Biography
Tenor Claudio Villa was born Claudio Pica in the Trastevere quarter of Rome in 1926. He recorded over 3000 songs, sold 45 millio ...
as Mario
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Liliana Bonfatti
Liliana Bonfatti (born 27 October 1930) was an Italian film actress.
Life and career
Born in Ovada, Province of Alessandria, Bonfatti lost her father at an early age, and moved with her family to Milan where she worked as a shop assistant, a ma ...
as Anna Maria
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Walter Santesso as Fabrizio
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Giovanna Pala
Giovanna Pala (born 15 July 1932) is an Italian actress. She appeared in ten films from 1951 to 1956.
Filmography
References
External links
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1932 births
Living people
Italian film actresses
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as Angela
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Gianni Rizzo
Gianni Rizzo (1925–1992) was an Italian film actor. Between 1944 and 1986 he appeared in over seventy films and television productions, in a variety of supporting roles. His screen roles included parts in a number of Peplum film, peplum films, ...
as Giuseppe
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Roberto Colangeli as Massimo
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Umberto Spadaro
Umberto Spadaro (8 November 1904 – 12 October 1981) was an Italian film actor.
He appeared in around 95 films between 1940 and 1979. His brother Peppino Spadaro was also an actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (1939) – ...
as Music Teacher
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Ave Ninchi
Ave Maria Ninchi (14 December 1914 – 10 November 1997) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included ''Tomorrow Is Too Late'' (1949) and Louis Malle's ''Murmur ...
as Mario's Mother
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Carlo Sposito
Carlo Sposito (1 May 1924 – 9 September 1984) was an Italian character actor, sometimes credited as Carletto Sposito.
Born in Palermo, he was among the most active actors in the post-war Italian genre cinema. He was also pretty active on stag ...
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Nino Pavese
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1952 films
1950s Italian-language films
Films directed by Pino Mercanti
Melodrama films
Italian musical drama films
1950s musical drama films
Italian black-and-white films
1950s Italian films
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