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directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring

Amedeo Nazzari Amedeo Nazzari (10 December 1907 in Cagliari – 5 November 1979 in Rome) was an Italian actor. Nazzari was one of the leading figures of Italian classic cinema, often considered a local variant of the Australian–American star Errol Flynn. Al ...

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and

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.Bayman p.10 The film's sets were designed by

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. It was part of a group of popular

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s featuring Nazzari and Sanson that were released in the post-war years.

Cast

as Carlo Guarnieri *

as Anna Ferrari *

as Gaetano Ferrari * Mario Ferrari as L'avvocato Bianchi * Teresa Franchini as Rosina * Tina Lattanzi as Matilde Ferrari *

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as Ruffini * Giuditta Rissone as Madre Celeste * Vittorio Sanipoli as Rossi, un socio di Carlo *

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as Enzo Sandri *

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as Pinuccia *

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References

Bibliography

* Bayman, Louis. ''The Operatic and the Everyday in Postwar Italian Film Melodrama''. Edinburgh University Press, 2014.

External links

* 1952 films Italian drama films 1952 drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Raffaello Matarazzo Films set in Naples Melodrama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub