''The Angel of the Alps'' ( it, L'angelo delle Alpi) is a 1957 Italian
historical
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melodrama film
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directed by
Carlo Campogalliani
Carlo Campogalliani (10 October 1885 – 10 August 1974) was an Italian screenwriter, actor and film director. Campogalliani directed around eighty films during his career and acted in another fifty. He directed the 1934 sports film '' Stadio''.R ...
and starring
Luisella Boni
Luisella Boni (born 24 July 1935) is an Italian actress.
Born in Como, Lombardy as Luisa Angela Bozzo, Boni debuted in 1952 in Bernard Vorhaus' film '' Finishing School''.
One of the most active actresses in Italian cinema between the early fif ...
,
Alberto Farnese
Alberto Farnese (3 June 1926 – 2 June 1996) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1951 and 1989. He starred in the film ''Whom God Forgives'', which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of ...
and
Gino Sinimberghi.
[Goble p. 238]
The film's
art direction
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was by
Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni.
Cast
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Luisella Boni
Luisella Boni (born 24 July 1935) is an Italian actress.
Born in Como, Lombardy as Luisa Angela Bozzo, Boni debuted in 1952 in Bernard Vorhaus' film '' Finishing School''.
One of the most active actresses in Italian cinema between the early fif ...
as Rina
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Alberto Farnese
Alberto Farnese (3 June 1926 – 2 June 1996) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1951 and 1989. He starred in the film ''Whom God Forgives'', which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of ...
as Massimo
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Gino Sinimberghi as Banchiere Maffei
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Cristina Grado
Maria Cristina Grado (February 2, 1939 - January 3, 2016) was an Italian actress and voice actress. She also worked as a voice actress, dubbing foreign films for release in the Italian market.Hayward p.242
Selected filmography
* '' Naples Sings'' ...
as Laura
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Germana Paolieri
Germana Paolieri (29 August 1906 – 8 August 1998) was an Italian actress. During the 1930s she became a leading lady of Italian cinema appearing in major films such as the 1938 biopic ''Giuseppe Verdi''.
Selected filmography
* ''The Opera ...
as Contessa Bianca di Roverbella
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Nico Pepe
Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981.
Selected filmography
* '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936)
* ''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940)
* '' Captain Fraca ...
as Gaspare
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Mario Ferrari
Mario Ferrari (September 3, 1894 – June 28, 1974) was an Italian film actor. After making his debut in 1920, Ferrari became a mainstay of Italian cinema during the Fascist era appearing in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. He pla ...
as conte Roverbella
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Isabella Riva
Isabella Riva (22 April 1887 - 10 August 1985) was an Italian actress.
Born in Nizza Monferrato, Asti as Isabella Trufarelli, daughter of actors, Riva began acting as a child in the stage company ran by her grandparents. After working in several ...
as donna Clotilde
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Giulio Falcier as Fabrizio
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Luisa Mattioli
Luisa Mattioli (23 March 1936 – October 2021) was an Italian actress. She was active in cinema and television during the 1950s and 1960s, and was notably the third wife of Roger Moore.
Biography
Mattioli met Roger Moore in 1961 while film ...
as Maddalena
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Vittorio Manfrino
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Alberto Archetti
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Alfredo Beduschi
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Lucetta Prona
References
Bibliography
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1957 films
1957 drama films
Italian drama films
1950s Italian-language films
Films directed by Carlo Campogalliani
Films scored by Giovanni Fusco
1950s Italian films
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