The Vow (Italian: Il voto) is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Doris Duranti, Giorgio De Lullo and Maria Grazia Francia.[2] It is based on a play of the same title by Salvatore Di Giacomo.[3] Future star Sophia Loren played a small, uncredited role. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.
Plot
During the absence of her husband, who left for a fishing cruise in the seas of China, Carmela falls under the spell of Vito, a young fisherman.
Cast
- Doris Duranti as Carmela
- Giorgio De Lullo as Vito
- Maria Grazia Francia as Cristina
- Roberto Murolo as Gennaro
- Enrico Glori as Lo sfruttatore
- Bella Starace Sainati as Donna Rosa
- Leopoldo Valenti as Pasquale
- Liana Billi as Nunziata
- Lia Thomas as Assunta
- Agnese Dubbini as Amalia
- Armando Guarnieri as Il brigadiere
- Arturo Stefanelli as Il barbiere
- Arturo Gigliati as L'acquaiolo
- Maria Perrella as Donna Concetta
- Tina Pica as La maligna
- Sophia Loren as A commoner at the Piedigrotta festival
References
- ^ Sansone, Matteo (1994). "Giordano's 'Mala vita': A 'verismo' Opera Too True to be Good". Music & Letters. 75 (3): 381–400. doi:10.1093/ml/75.3.381. JSTOR 737344.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
- ^ Goble p.125
Bibliography
- Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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