Casta Diva (1954 film)
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| Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
| Written by | Luigi Filippo D'Amico Carmine Gallone Léo Joannon Walter Reisch Age & Scarpelli |
| Starring | Antonella Lualdi Nadia Gray Maurice Ronet |
| Cinematography | Marco Scarpelli |
| Edited by | Niccolò Lazzari |
Production companies | Documento Film Franco London Films Le Louvre Film |
| Distributed by | Diana Cinematografica |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Casta Diva is a 1954 Italian-French biographical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone. It is a remake of Gallone's 1935 film with the same name.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]The film tells the fictionalized biography of the famous musician Vincenzo Bellini, who lived in the 19th century and died at the age of 34.
Cast
[edit]- Antonella Lualdi as Maddalena Fumaroli
- Nadia Gray as Giuditta Pasta
- Maurice Ronet as Vincenzo Bellini
- Fausto Tozzi as Gaetano Donizetti
- Jacques Castelot as Ernesto Tosi
- Marina Berti as Beatrice Turina
- Renzo Ricci as Giudice Fumaroli
- Jean Richard as Fiorillo
- Paola Borboni as Miss Monti
- Lauro Gazzolo as Domenico Barbaja
- Danilo Berardinelli as Niccolò Paganini
- Renzo Giovampietro as Saverio Mercadante
- Camillo Pilotto as Rettore Conservatorio
- Luigi Tosi as Felice Romani
- Dante Maggio as Il pazzariello
- Nino Vingelli as Il guappo
References
[edit]- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
External links
[edit]- Casta Diva at IMDb
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