Loyalty of Love (Italian: Teresa Confalonieri) is a 1934 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Marta Abba, Nerio Bernardi and Luigi Cimara. It is based on the story of Teresa Confalonieri, a celebrated figure of the Italian reunification campaign. It was one of several films made during the 1930s that portrayed this era.[1] It premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August 1934.
| Loyalty of Love | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Guido Brignone |
| Written by | Rino Alessi (play) Tomaso Smith |
| Produced by | Angelo Besozzi |
| Starring | Marta Abba Nerio Bernardi Luigi Cimara |
| Cinematography | Anchise Brizzi |
| Edited by | Giorgio Simonelli |
| Music by | Cesare A. Bixio |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Società Italiana Cines |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The film was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome with sets designed by the art director Guido Fiorini.
Cast
edit- Marta Abba as Teresa Confalonieri
- Nerio Bernardi as Il conte Federico Confalonieri
- Luigi Cimara as Il principe de Metternich
- Elsa De Giorgi as La principessa Carolina Jablonowska
- Filippo Scelzo as Il barone Salvotti
- Luigi Carini as Il conte Vitaliano Confalonieri
- Riccardo Tassani as Franz the First
- Tina Lattanzi as L'imperatrice Carolina
- Achille Majeroni as Il feldmaresciallo Bubna
- Giovanni Barrella as Bolchesi – il servitore
- Carlo Tamberlani as Luigi Parravicini
- Romolo Costa as Il governatore di Milano
- Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as Cavaliere di Castillo
- Eugenio Duse as Il ministro di polizia
- Mercedes Brignone as La marchesa al ballo
- Lilla Brignone as La marchesina al ballo
- Elli Parvo as La nobildonna al ballo
- Vinicio Sofia as Un uomo di fiducia del barone Salvati
- Mauro Serra as Conte Ilario
- Renato Ferrari as Giudice Menghin
- Maria Zanoli as La cameriera pettegola di casa Confalonieri
- Cesare Polacco as Il banditore al patibolo
- Idolo Tancredi as Operaio della stamperia
References
edit- ^ Bouchard p. 255
Bibliography
edit- Norma Bouchard. Risorgimento in Modern Italian Culture: Revisiting the Nineteenth-century Past in History, Narrative, and Cinema. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2005.
External links
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