''The Devil in the Convent'' (Italian: ''Il Diavolo in convento'') is a 1950 Italian

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directed by

Nunzio Malasomma Nunzio Malasomma (4 February 1894 – 12 January 1974) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 41 films between 1923 and 1968. Selected filmography * '' Mister Radio'' (1924) * '' Orient'' (1924) * '' The Doll Queen'' ...

and starring

Gilberto Govi Amerigo Armando Gilberto Govi (; 22 October 1885 – 28 April 1966) was an Italian film and stage actor and screenwriter. He was the founder of the Genoese Dialectal Theatre. Among his greatest successes were (, "How to marry off one's daugh ...

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 ...

and

Mariella Lotti Maria Camilla Pianotti (17 November 1919 – 18 December 2004), known by the stage name Mariella Lotti, was an Italian film actress. Lotti made her film debut in 1939, and played leading ladies in a number of Fascist era and post-war films. She ...

. It was shot at the

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and on location in

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and

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. The film took around 274 million lira at the Italian box office.Chiti & Poppi p.117

Cast

as frate Angelo *

as Adriana *

as Milone *

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 Caterina * Giorgio Corradini as Pierino * Georges Galley as Agostino * Barbara Florian as Maria * Leopoldo Valentini as fra Raffaele * Mario Pisu as father Claudio *

Nerio Bernardi Nerio Bernardi (23 July 1899 – 12 January 1971) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1970. He was born in Bologna, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Nero'' (1922) * '' The Shep ...

as commendator Brina * Édouard Delmont

References

Bibliography

* Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991.

External links

* 1950 films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma 1950 comedy films Italian comedy films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub