''The Confessions of a Woman'' (Italian: ''Le confessioni di una donna'') is a 1928 Italian silent

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directed by

Amleto Palermi Amleto Palermi (11 July 1889 – 20 April 1941) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 70 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed '' The Old Lady'', which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film. Se ...

.Bayman p.90 The film relates a woman falling into high-class prostitution, and her eventual redemption. It is set in

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Cast

Augusto Bandini Augusto Bandini (born 1889) was an Italian film actor.Dalle Vacche p.268 He appeared in more than forty productions, the majority of them during the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Emperor Maciste'' (1924) * ''Maciste's American Nephew'' ...

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Gemma De Ferrari Gemma De Ferrari was an Italian film actress of the silent era.Goble p.374 Selected filmography * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1919) * ''Samson'' (1923) * '' Tra i sorrisi di Napoli'' (1926) * '' Goodbye Youth'' (1927) * ''The Confessions of a Woman ...

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Luigi Serventi Luigi Serventi (31 July 1885 – 18 August 1976) was an Italian film actor. Partial filmography * ''Il prezzo del perdono'' (1913) * ''Bianco contro negro'' (1913) * ''La lega dei diamanti'' (1913) * ''La parola che uccide'' (1914) * ''La dote d ...

References

Bibliography

* Bayman, Louis. ''Directory of World Cinema: Italy''. Intellect Books, 2011.

External links

* 1928 films 1928 drama films Italian silent feature films 1920s Italian-language films Films directed by Amleto Palermi Films set in Palermo Italian black-and-white films Silent Italian drama films 1920s Italian films {{Italy-silent-film-stub