''Stasera niente di nuovo'' (literally: ''Tonight nothing is new'') is a 1942 Italian
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-g ...
directed by
Mario Mattoli
Mario Mattoli (; 30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966.
His 1939 film ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy ...
and starring
Alida Valli
Alida Maria Laura, ''Freiin'' Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli (or simply Valli), was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, s ...
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Plot
Cesare, a journalist, recognizes among some prostitutes arrested by the police, the young woman that saved his life some time earlier, without his having learned her identity. He tries to help the woman, Maria, and convince her to change her life, but without success.
Later on, Maria asks Cesare for his help. She is dying in a hospital, but cannot tell her parents, because, some time earlier, she had told them that she was married. So, in the last hours of her life, Cesare marries Maria, and then calls for her family to be with her.
Cast
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Alida Valli
Alida Maria Laura, ''Freiin'' Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli (or simply Valli), was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, s ...
- Maria
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Carlo Ninchi
Carlo Ninchi (31 May 1896 – 27 April 1974) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1963. He was born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, and died on 27 April 1974 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
Selected filmogra ...
- Cesare Manti
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Antonio Gandusio - Il dottore Moriesi
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Giuditta Rissone
Giuditta Rissone (10 March 1895 – 22 June 1977) was an Italian film actress who appeared in 25 films between 1933 and 1966. She was born in Genoa and died in Rome. Giuditta Rissone married the director and actor Vittorio De Sica in 1937 in ...
- Clelia, la padrona di casa
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Dina Galli
Dina Galli (1877–1951) was an Italian actress known for her comic stage roles. Galli also appeared in fourteen films during her career.
Life and career
Born Clotilde Annamaria Galli in Milan, Galli was the daughter of a well known theatrica ...
- La portinaia
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Armando Migliari
Armando Migliari (29 April 1889 – 15 June 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in Latium, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934 ...
- Il direttore del giornale
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Aldo Rubens - Giorgio, il ballerino
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Paolo Bonecchi
Paolo is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include:
People with the given name Paolo
Art
* Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter
*Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American ...
- Il fattorino del giornale
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Achille Majeroni
Achille Majeroni (24 August 1881 – 12 October 1964) was an Italian film actor.
Born in Syracuse, Sicily, son of Achille Majeroni and his second wife Graziosa Bignetti, he made his stage debut at age twelve with the Marazzi-Diligenti c ...
- Il professore ladro
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Tina Lattanzi
Tina Lattanzi (born Annunziata Concetta Costantini; 5 December 1897 – 25 October 1997) was an Italian actress and voice actress.
Biography
A native of Licenza and the daughter of Ercole Costantini and Geltrude Montori, Lattanzi began her actin ...
- La principale dell'istituto
References
External links
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1942 films
1942 drama films
1940s Italian-language films
Italian black-and-white films
Films directed by Mario Mattoli
Italian drama films
1940s Italian films
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