I Met You in Naples
| I Met You in Naples | |
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| Directed by | Pietro Francisci |
| Written by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Augusto Tiezzi |
| Edited by | Pietro Francisci |
| Music by | |
Production company | Edi Film |
Release date | 20 April 1946 |
Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
I Met You in Naples (Italian: Io t'ho incontrata a Napoli) is a 1946 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring , and Peppino De Filippo.[1] The film takes its name from a popular song of the same title. It is part of the neorealist trend in post-Second World War Italian films.[2]
An American soldier and a young Italian aspiring actress meet in wartime Naples in 1944. They fall in love and eventually marry. At the end of the film she emigrates to the United States with him, hoping to be able to pursue her career there.
Cast[]
- as Angela l'attrice
- as ufficiale americano
- Peppino De Filippo
- Giuseppe Porelli
- Claudio Gora
- Paolo Stoppa
- Lola Braccini
- Nino Pavese
- Renzo Giovampietro
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Cardullo, Bert. André Bazin and Italian Neorealism. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011.
- Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links[]
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Categories:
- Italian-language films
- 1946 films
- Italian films
- Italian romantic musical films
- 1940s romantic musical films
- 1940s Italian-language films
- Films directed by Pietro Francisci
- Films set in Naples
- Italian black-and-white films
- 1940s Italian film stubs
- Romantic musical film stubs