''The Golden Vein'' (Italian: ''La vena d'oro'') is a 1928 Italian silent

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Guglielmo Zorzi Guglielmo Zorzi (1879–1967) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.Vacche p.262 Selected filmography Director * '' The Redemption'' (1924) * '' The Closed Mouth'' (1925) * '' The Golden Vein'' (1928) Screenwriter * '' Blue Blood'' (19 ...

and starring

Diana Karenne Diana Karenne (born Leucadia Konstantia; 1888 – 14 October 1940) was a Polish film actress and director. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1916 and 1940. In 1917, she opened her film production company in Milan. Injured in a Wor ...

Elio Steiner Elio Steiner (1904–1965) was an Italian stage and film actor. Steiner appeared in forty films during his career, including ''The Song of Love'' (1930), the first Italian sound film.Mancini p.207 Selected filmography * ''The Golden Vein'' (1928 ...

, and

Giovanni Cimara Giovanni Cimara (1889–1970) was an Italian film actor, mainly of the silent era.Goble p.110 Biography Born into a noble Roman family and brother of the much more famous Luigi Cimara, he had an unfortunate career as an actor at a young age but ...

.Lancia & Poppi p.216 It was adapted from Zorzi's own play. It is now considered a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

. It was subsequently remade as sound film in 1955.

Cast

as Contessa Maria Usberti *

as Corrado Usberti, suo figlio *

as Guido Manfredi * Enrico Scatizzi as il professore Alban *

Nini Dinelli Nini may refer to: Geography * Nini River, Ghana * Nini Suhien National Park, Ghana Film and television * '' Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa'', an Italian comedy film * ''Nini's Treehouse'', a children's television series * Nini ...

as Amelia Carena *

Augusto Bandini Augusto Bandini (born 1889) was an Italian film actor.Dalle Vacche p.268 He appeared in more than forty productions, the majority of them during the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Emperor Maciste'' (1924) * ''Maciste's American Nephew'' ...

Carlo Benetti Carlo Benetti (1885–1949) was an Italian film actor of the silent era.Goble p.125 During the sound era he worked as Unit production manager, production manager on a number of films. Selected filmography * ''Assunta Spina (1915 film), Assunta Sp ...

Renato Malavasi Renato Malavasi (8 August 1904 – 7 October 1998) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 135 films between 1921 and 1985. Selected filmography * ''The Golden Vein'' (1928) * ''The Song of Love'' (1930) * ''Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ''Th ...

References

Bibliography

* Enrico Lancia & Roberto Poppi. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. M - Z., Volume 3''. Gremese Editore, 2003.

External links

* 1928 films 1928 comedy films Italian comedy films Italian silent feature films 1920s Italian-language films Films directed by Guglielmo Zorzi Silent comedy films 1920s Italian films {{Italy-silent-film-stub