''Torment'' (Italian: ''Tormento'') is a 1950 Italian
melodrama film directed by
Raffaello Matarazzo and starring
Amedeo Nazzari,
Yvonne Sanson and
Annibale Betrone.
[Bayman p.10] The film's sets were designed by
Ottavio Scotti. It was part of a group of popular
melodrama
A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or exces ...
s featuring Nazzari and Sanson that were released in the post-war years.
Cast
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Amedeo Nazzari as Carlo Guarnieri
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Yvonne Sanson as Anna Ferrari
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Annibale Betrone as Gaetano Ferrari
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Mario Ferrari as L'avvocato Bianchi
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Teresa Franchini as Rosina
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Tina Lattanzi as Matilde Ferrari
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Aldo Nicodemi as Ruffini
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Giuditta Rissone as Madre Celeste
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Vittorio Sanipoli as Rossi, un socio di Carlo
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Roberto Murolo
Roberto Murolo (19 January 1912 – 13 March 2003) was an Italian musician.
Career
Born in Naples, Italy as the son of poet Ernesto Murolo and Lia Cavalli, Murolo showed a began singing and playing the guitar as a child. Murolo won the Itali ...
as Enzo Sandri
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Rosalia Randazzo
Rosalia or Rosalía (with diacritic) may refer to:
Persons
* Saint Rosalia (1130–1166), the patron saint of Palermo in Italy
* Rosalia (given name)
* Rosalía (born 1992), Spanish singer
Places
* 314 Rosalia, an asteroid
* Rosalia, Pisidia, ...
as Pinuccia
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Rita Livesi
References
Bibliography
* Bayman, Louis. ''The Operatic and the Everyday in Postwar Italian Film Melodrama''. Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
External links
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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
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