''Yvonne of the Night'' (Italian: ''Yvonne la Nuit'') is a 1949 Italian

melodrama film 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 ...

directed by

Giuseppe Amato Giuseppe Amato (born Giuseppe Vasaturo; 24 August 1899 – 3 February 1964) was an Italian film producer, screenwriter and director. He produced 58 films between 1932 and 1961, and is especially known for ''Bicycle Thieves''. He was born in ...

and starring

Totò Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi de Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il Principe della risata ...

Olga Villi Olga Villi (20 January 1922 – 12 August 1989), was an Italian model and actress. Life and career Born in Suzzara, Mantua as Olga Villani, Villi began to work, only twelve years old, as a saleswoman and seamstress at the Milanese fashion ...

, and

Frank Latimore Franklin Latimore (born Franklin Latimore Kline, September 28, 1925 – November 29, 1998) was an American actor. Life and career Latimore was born in Darien, Connecticut. He came from a well-to-do family, and was able to trace his lineage ba ...

. It was shot at the

Cinecittà Studios Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City Studios), is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios wer ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Gastone Medin Gastone Medin (1905–1973) was an Italian art director.Anile p.132 He worked on more than a hundred and fifty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ''The Table of the P ...

Synopsis

The son of a count engages in a romantic relationship with a popular entertainer much to the disgust of his father. While the son is apparently killed fighting for Italy during the

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, his pregnant lover gives birth to a child.

Cast

as Nino, il fantasista *

as Nerina Comi *

as Lt. Carlo Rutelli *

Giulio Stival Giulio Stival (4 March 1902 – 1 April 1953) was an Italian stage and film actor. Life and career Born in Soave, at young age Stival started founded an amateur dramatics in which he served both as director and as actor. He made his professiona ...

as Count Rutelli *

Eduardo De Filippo Eduardo De Filippo (; 24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and '' Napoli Milionaria''. Consid ...

as Lawyer Rubini *

Gino Cervi Luigi Cervi (3 May 1901 – 3 January 1974), better known as Gino Cervi (), was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character ''Don Camillo'' (1952-1965), and police detective Jules M ...

as Colonel Baretti *

Arnoldo Foà Arnoldo Foà (24 January 1916 – 11 January 2014) was an Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and writer. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014. Biography Foà was born in Ferrara, Italy, to a Jewish fa ...

as Senator * John Strange as Major Tremiti *

Ave Ninchi Ave Maria Ninchi (14 December 1914 – 10 November 1997) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included ''Tomorrow Is Too Late'' (1949) and Louis Malle's ''Murmur ...

as Sora Rudegarda *

Paola Veneroni Paola Veneroni (15 January 1922 – 15 January 2021) was an Italian film and stage actress. She rose to prominence in the 1940s, starring in films such as the comedy ''The Twentieth Duke'' (1945) before switching to working in theatre. She was al ...

as Rosetta *

Mario Riva Mario Riva (26 January 1913 – 1 September 1960) was an Italian television presenter and actor. He appeared in 51 films between 1941 and 1960. Life and career Born in Rome as Mariuccio Bonavolontà, the son of a composer, Giuseppe (Joseph) ...

as Ragazzo delle sigarette *

Arturo Dominici Arturo Dominici (2 January 1916 – 7 September 1992) was an Italian film, television and voice actor. Biography Born in Palermo, Dominici became best known for his many villainous roles in horror and fantasy films. He is best remembered for ...

as Official

References

External links

* 1949 films Films directed by Giuseppe Amato Italian black-and-white films Italian historical drama films 1940s historical drama films Films set in the 1910s Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Melodrama films 1940s Italian-language films 1940s Italian films {{1940s-drama-film-stub