| 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.
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.
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]