Sleeping Beauty (1942 film) explained

Sleeping Beauty
Director:	Luigi Chiarini
Cinematography:	Carlo Montuori
Studio:	Società Italiana Cines
Runtime:	90 minutes
Country:	Italy

Sleeping Beauty (Italian: La bella addormentata) is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Chiarini and starring Luisa Ferida, Amedeo Nazzari and Osvaldo Valenti.^[1] The film was screened at the 1942 Venice Film Festival. It is based on a 1919 play by Pier Maria Rosso di SanSecondo. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style.

Cast

• Luisa Ferida as Carmela
• Amedeo Nazzari as Salvatore detto 'Il Nero della solfara'
• Osvaldo Valenti as Don Vincenzo Caramandola
• Teresa Franchini as Zia Agata
• Pina Piovani as Nunziata
• Margherita Bossi as Donna Concetta, la barista
• Giovanni Dolfini as Isidoro
• Guido Celano as Lo solfataro
• Angelo Dessy as Un altro solfataro
• Fiorella Betti as Erminia detta "Pepespezie"
• Gildo Bocci as Un mercante

References

1. Moliterno p.80

Bibliography

• Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.
• Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.