''The Woman Who Invented Love'' (Italian: ''La donna che inventò l'amore'') is a 1952 Italian

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film written and directed by

Ferruccio Cerio Ferruccio Cerio (25 September 1904 – 23 April 1963) was an Italian film writer and director. Filmography as a director *''Il cavaliere senza nome'' (1941) *''Villa da vendere'' (1941) *''L'ultimo addio'' (1942) ( ''The Last Good-Bye'') *'' The ...

and starring Silvana Pampanini, Rossano Brazzi and Mariella Lotti.Poppi p.105 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Marcello Avenati.

Cast

* Silvana Pampanini as Antonella * Rossano Brazzi as Conte Grilli *

Juan de Landa Juan de Landa (1894–1968) was a Spanish film actor, who was born in the Basque Country. de Landa entered the film industry in 1930 following the arrival of sound film. He initially acted in Spanish-language versions of Hollywood films, but lat ...

as Usuraio Passadonato *

Piero Carnabuci Piero Carnabuci (6 September 1893 – 13 February 1958) was an Italian stage and film actor. Life and career Born in Santa Teresa di Riva, Messina, after the World War I Carnabuci decided to abandon his engineering studies at the University of ...

as Corteggiatore di Antonella * Mariella Lotti as Nini * Lauro Gazzolo as Marchese Doria * Vittorio Sanipoli as Caddulo * Laura Gore as Malvina *

Wanda Capodaglio Wanda Capodaglio (1 January 1889 – 30 August 1980) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 30 films between 1914 and 1970. Her brother Ruggero was married to actress Anna Capodaglio (the stage name of Anna Adele Alberta Gramatica) who ...

Claudio Ermelli Claudio Ermelli (24 July 1892 – 29 October 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1915 to 1962. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ermelli, Claudio 1892 births 1964 death ...

* Renato Chiantoni

References

Bibliography

* Poppi, Roberto. ''I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri''. Gremese Editore, 2002.

External links

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