''Too Young for Love'' (Italian: ''L'età dell'amore'') is a 1953 French-Italian

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directed by

Lionello De Felice Lionello is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Lionello Bononi, Italian of the Baroque period *Lionello Cecil (1893–1957), Australian operatic tenor *Lionello d'Este (1407–1450), marquis of Ferrara and Duke of Mod ...

and starring

Aldo Fabrizi Aldo Fabrizi (; born Aldo Fabbrizi; 1 November 1905 – 2 April 1990) was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and comedian, best known for the role of the heroic priest in Roberto Rossellini's ''Rome, Open City'' and as partner of Totò in ...

Marina Vlady Marina Vlady (born 10 May 1938) is a French actress. Biography Vlady was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine to White Russian immigrant parents. Her father was an opera singer and her mother was a dancer. Her sisters, now all deceased, were the act ...

and

Fernand Gravey Fernand Gravey (25 December 1905 in Ixelles (Belgium) – 2 November 1970 in Paris, France),Death certificate # 8/445/1970 also known as Fernand Gravet in the United States, was the son of actors Georges Mertens and Fernande Depernay, who ap ...

.Pintaldi p.62 Some of the film was

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Castellana Grotte Castellana Grotte ( Castellanese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. ''Grotte'' means "caves" in Italian. History Geography Agricultural center of the lower Murgia, it is south of Bari. Caves ...

Synopsis

In a small provincial Italian town, a fifteen-year-old boy meets and falls in love with a girl.

Partial cast

as Coletti, padre di Annette *

as Annette * Pierre-Michel Beck as Andrea *

as Padre di Andrea, presidente del tribunale *

Vittorio Sanipoli Vittorio Sanipoli (1915–1992) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. He appeared in around a hundred films and television series between 1942 and 1980. Life and career Born Luciano Sanipoli in Genoa, he made his acting debut in 1939 ...

as Sergio *

Nando Bruno Nando Bruno (6 October 1895 – 10 April 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 84 films between 1938 and 1961. He was born in Rome, Italy and he died there. Selected filmography * ''A Lady Did It'' (1938) - Un collego di Pasquale ...

as Commisario *

Lauro Gazzolo Lauro Gazzolo (born Ilario Gazzolo; 15 October 1900 – 2 October 1970) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Nervi in Genoa, Gazzolo began his career on screen in 1938 starring in the comedy film ''The Document'' and beca ...

as Vicepresidente del tribunale *

Lola Braccini Lola Braccini, born Camilla Cariddi (28 March 1889 - 19 March 1969) was an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born in Pisa, Braccini moved to Rome at 14 years old and debuted on stage in 1912 as an extra at the Teatro ...

as Zia di Sergio *

Xenia Valderi Xenia Valderi (born January 21, 1926) is a Yugoslav-born Italian actress. Early life The daughter of a Dalmatian father and German mother, Xenia Valdameri was born at Split in Croatia. She moved to Rome as a young woman after World War II, for a ...

as Madre di Andrea *

Massimo Pianforini Massimo Pianforini (1890–1966) was an Italian film and television actor.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.64 Selected filmography * '' Doctor Antonio'' (1937) * '' For Men Only'' (1938) * ''The Count of Brechard'' (1938) * '' The Knight of San Marco'' (19 ...

as Anselmo

References

Bibliography

* Adriano Pintaldi. ''Aldo Fabrizi: arte romana : al cinema e in cucina''. Maggioli Editore, 2012.

External links

* 1953 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Lionello De Felice Films scored by Mario Nascimbene 1953 comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films French comedy-drama films French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films 1950s French films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub