''The Lady of the Camellias'' (Italian: ''La signora dalle camelie'') is a 1947 Italian

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drama film directed by

Nelly Corradi Nelly Corradi (1914–1968) was an Italian opera singer and actress. She made her screen debut in Max Ophüls' 1934 film '' Everybody's Woman''.Bayman p.101 Selected filmography * '' Dimmed Lights'' (1934) * '' Everybody's Woman'' (1934) * '' Il ...

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and Manfredi Polverosi. It is an adaptation of the 1853 opera ''

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'' by

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. In 1948 it was released in America by Columbia Pictures under the title ''The Lost One''. The film's sets were designed by the

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. Costume design was by Georges Annenkov.

Cast

as Violetta Valery *Gino Mattera as Alfredo Germont *Manfredi Polverosi as Georg Germont *Flora Marino as Flora Bervoix * Carlo Lombardi as Baron Douphol * Massimo Serato as Alexandre Dumas fils (prologue) * Nerio Bernardi as Giuseppe Verdi (prologue) *Onelia Fineschi as Singer: opera * Tito Gobbi as Singer: opera *

Francesco Albanese Francesco Albanese (13 August 1912 in Torre del Greco, Naples – 11 June 2005 in Rome) was a lyric tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory. Albanese studied in Rome with Francesco Salfi, and made his stage debut in 1940, at th ...

as Singer: opera *Arturo la Porta as Singer: opera

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* 1947 drama films Italian drama films Films directed by Carmine Gallone Films based on operas Italian black-and-white films Opera films 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub