The Other (1947 film)
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| Directed by | Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia |
| Written by | Sergio Amidei Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Aldo De Benedetti Anton Giulio Majano Guglielmo Morandi |
| Starring | Blanchette Brunoy Fosco Giachetti Maria Michi |
| Cinematography | Piero Portalupi |
| Edited by | Roberto Cinquini |
| Music by | Renzo Rossellini |
Production company | Excelsa Film |
| Distributed by | Minerva Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Other (Italian: L'altra) is a 1947 Italian crime melodrama film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Blanchette Brunoy, Fosco Giachetti and Maria Michi.[1] It was an early example blending film noir and melodrama in Italian cinema.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Gianni Mazzocca.
Synopsis
[edit]A pre-war romance between an engineer and a woman leads to the birth of a son. Subsequently married to another man, a pianist, the old relationship comes back to impact the present with tragic results.
Cast
[edit]- Blanchette Brunoy as Vera de Santis
- Fosco Giachetti as Pianista Marco de Santis
- Maria Michi as 'Angelo' Morelli
- Marcello Pagliero as Ing. Andrea Venturi
- Aristide Baghetti as Giovanni il Maggiordomo
- Pietro Carini as Carluccio de Santis
- Emilio Cigoli as Commissario
- Carlotta De la Croix as Governante di Carluccio
- Augusto Mastrantoni as Quaroni
- Livio Pavanelli as Impresario Francese
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Bayman, Louis. The Operatic and the Everyday in Postwar Italian Film Melodrama. Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
- Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
- Curti, Roberto. Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History. McFarland, 2022.
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