Margaret of Cortona (film) explained

Margaret of Cortona
Director:	Mario Bonnard
Producer:	Alberto Manca
Starring:	Maria Frau Isa Pola Galeazzo Benti
Cinematography:	Leonida Barboni
Studio:	Scalera Film
Runtime:	100 minutes
Country:	Italy

Margaret of Cortona (Italian: Margherita da Cortona) is a 1950 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Maria Frau, Isa Pola and Galeazzo Benti.^[1] It portrays the life of the thirteenth century saint Margaret of Cortona. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi.

Cast

• Maria Frau as Margherita
• Isa Pola as Lucia, la matrigna
• Galeazzo Benti as Arsenio del Monte
• Aldo Nicodemi as Marco
• Mario Pisu as Rinaldo Degli Uberti
• Giovanni Grasso as Tancredi, padre di Margherita
• Lorenza Mari as Francesca degli Uberti
• Virginia Balestrieri as Druba
• Carlo Tamberlani as Vescovo
• Mino Doro as Capitano del popolo
• Raimondo Van Riel as messer Dal Monte
• Fulvio Battistini as Zufolo
• Riccardo Billi as Menestrello
  • Domenico Serra Giovanna Galletti as Madre del bambino ammalato
• Rita Andreana as Popolana al torneo
  • • • • Arnaldo Mochetti Diego Pozzetto Ivo Karavany Wally Morocuti Peppino Spadaro as Contadino infuriato
    • Mario Molfesi Claudio Giammi Irene Gay
• Tino Buazzelli as Rinaldo degli Uberti
• Nino Capozzi as Paolo
• Giulio Battiferri as Contadino pronto al linciaggio
• Giovanni Onorato as Contadino pronto al linciaggio

References

1. Scaraffia & Zarri p.299

Bibliography

• Lucetta Scaraffia & Gabriella Zarri. Women and Faith: Catholic Religious Life in Italy from Late Antiquity to the Present. Harvard University Press, 1999.