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directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring María Martín,

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and

Carlo Ninchi Carlo Ninchi (31 May 1896 – 27 April 1974) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1963. He was born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, and died on 27 April 1974 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Selected filmogra ...

.Bayman p.192 It was shot at the

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Cast

* María Martín as Satanella *

as conte Orazio Altieri *

as Simone Bossi * Renato De Carmine as Flavio Altieri * Germana Paolieri as contessa Altieri *

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as zingaro Marco *

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as Lucia Altieri * Ernesto Sabbatini *

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as usuraio Schultz *

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as Carmela Caputo * Marcello Giorda as Direttore d'orchestra *

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as Fernando Tibaldi *

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as Ufficiale *

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as Evelina *

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as impresario Gemelli *

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as senatore Tibaldi * Alberto Archetti * Gianni Cavalieri *

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* Silvana Calvi * Arrigo Peri * Giuliana Pinelli * Nera Bruni * Darma Doriano * Ernesto Nelli

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1949 films 1940s historical drama films Italian historical drama films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Carlo Campogalliani Films scored by Giovanni Fusco Italian black-and-white films Melodrama films 1949 drama films 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub