''The Ship of Condemned Women'' (Italian: ''La nave delle donne maledette'') is a 1953 Italian

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adventure-melodrama film written and directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Kerima,

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and Ettore Manni. It is loosely based on the novel ''Histoire de 130 femmes'' by

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Synopsis

A young woman wrongly convicted or murder is sentenced to serve in a penal colony, departs on a ship carrying a hundred female prisoners.

Cast

* Kerima as Rosario *

as Consuelo * Ettore Manni as Da Silva *

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as Isabella * Gualtiero Tumiati as Pietro Silveris * Olga Solbelli as Anita * Luigi Tosi as Fernandez *

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as Nora *

Elvy Lissiak Elvy Lissiak (19 July 1929 – 25 February 1996) was an Italian stage and film actress. Life and career Born in Trieste as Elvira Lissiak, she made her film debut with the role of Luciana in Luciano Emmer's ''Domenica d'agosto'', gaining criti ...

as Carmen * Romolo Costa as Manuel * Eduardo Ciannelli as Michele *

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* Giovanna Ralli *

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* Anna Arena

References

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* 1953 films 1950s Italian-language films 1950s adventure drama films Italian adventure drama films Films directed by Raffaello Matarazzo Films scored by Nino Rota Films based on French novels Seafaring films Women in prison films Films set in the 18th century Italian historical adventure films 1950s historical adventure films Minerva Film films 1953 drama films Melodrama films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-drama-film-stub