| The Monastery of Santa Chiara | |
| Director: | Mario Sequi |
| Producer: | Ignazio Senese |
| Starring: | Edda Albertini Massimo Serato Nyta Dover |
| Music: | Roman Vlad |
| Cinematography: | Piero Portalupi |
| Editing: | Guido Bertoli |
| Studio: | Avis Film |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
The Monastery of Santa Chiara (Italian: Monastero di Santa Chiara) is a 1949 Italian war melodrama film directed by Mario Sequi and starring Edda Albertini, Massimo Serato and Nyta Dover.[1] [2] [3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Angelo Zagame.
During the Second World War Ester a Jewish nightclub singer in Naples has to flee the city to escape persecution and deportation from the occupying German forces. She is helped by her SS officer lover who takes her to safety in a monastery. He then commits suicide. While she survives a bombing raid, she is persecuted by Greta the dead man's discarded German lover.