Malaspina (film) explained

Malaspina
Director:Armando Fizzarotti
Producer:Roberto Amoroso
Starring:Vera Rol
Aldo Bufi Landi
Rino Genovese
Ugo D'Alessio
Cinematography:Roberto Amoroso
Music:Giuseppe Cioffi
Studio:Sud Film
Distributor:Variety Distribution
Runtime:90 minutes
Country:Italy
Language:Italian

Malaspina is a 1947 Italian melodrama film directed by Armando Fizzarotti and starring Vera Rol, Aldo Bufi Landi and Rino Genovese. It is a melodrama, based on a popular song of the same name. Its story of female wrongdoing and ultimate redemption was characteristic of Neapolitan-style cinema.

Synopsis

A young woman promises to be faithful to her lover when he goes off to fight in the Second World War. However, in his absence she becomes a prostitute and takes up with a notorious criminal. When her real love returns he kills her new boyfriend. Deeply ashamed of her conduct, she becomes a nun.

Reception

The film revived the Naples film-industry, which had largely disappeared during the Fascist era when Italian filmmaking was concentrated in Rome. The film was released in the United States, where it proved popular with Italian-American audiences.[1]

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References

  1. Marlow-Mann p.16

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