Assunta Spina (1948 film)
Assunta Spina | |
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Directed by | Mario Mattoli |
Written by | Eduardo De Filippo Gino Capriolo |
Based on | Assunta Spina by Salvatore Di Giacomo |
Produced by | Paolo Frascá Vittorio Mottini |
Starring | Anna Magnani Antonio Centa Giacomo Furia |
Cinematography | Gábor Pogány |
Edited by | Fernando Tropea |
Music by | Renzo Rossellini |
Production company | Ora Film |
Distributed by | Titanus |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Assunta Spina is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Anna Magnani, Antonio Centa and Giacomo Furia.[1] It was adapted from Salvatore Di Giacomo's 1909 play of the same title. It was released in the United States with the title Scarred. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome and on location in Naples. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. Distributed by Titanus it earned around 70 million lira at the domestic box office.[2]
Plot[]
The film takes place in Naples at the turn of the twentieth century. Assunta, a passionate and impulsive woman, is scarred on the face by her lover Michele for making him jealous. He is sentenced to serve two years in prison in Avellino, despite her efforts to exonerate him at the trial. While he is inside she begins a relationship with a court official. When Michele is released and kills the man, she chooses to take the blame for the crime.
Cast[]
- Anna Magnani as Assunta Spina
- Antonio Centa as Federico Funelli
- Maria Donini as Ernestina
- Aldo Bufi Landi as Marcello Flaiano
- Margherita Pisani as Donna Concetta
- Giacomo Furia as Tittariello
- Carla Ferraioli as Tina Bouquet
- Ugo D'Alessio as Epanimonda Pesce
- Aldo Giuffrè as Don Marcusio, la guardia
- Eduardo De Filippo as Michele Boccadifuoco
- Titina De Filippo as Emilia Forcinelli
- Pietro Carloni as Il presidente del tribunale
- Clara Bindi as Una lavorante alla stireria
- Rosita Pisano as Una lavorante all stireria
- Beniamino Maggio as Il venditore di biglietti della lotteria
References[]
- ^ Camhi, Leslie (2007). "New York Times: Assunta Spina". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
- ^ Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema Italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991. p. 46-47.
External links[]
- 1948 films
- Italian-language films
- Italian films
- Italian historical drama films
- 1940s historical drama films
- 1948 drama films
- Italian black-and-white films
- Films directed by Mario Mattoli
- Films set in Naples
- Films shot in Naples
- Films set in the 1900s
- Films scored by Renzo Rossellini
- Italian films based on plays
- 1940s Italian film stubs