The Secret Lover Explained

The Secret Lover
Director:	Carmine Gallone
Producer:	Federico Curloni Carmine Gallone
Cinematography:	Václav Vích
Studio:	Grandi Film
Runtime:	101 minutes
Country:	Italy

The Secret Lover (Italian: L'amante segreta) is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti and Vivi Gioi.^[1] It was made at Cinecittà in Rome.

Plot

After her tutor embezzles and squanders her inheritance, a young woman is forced to seek work in a series of different occupations.

Cast

• Alida Valli as Renata Croci
• Fosco Giachetti as Giorgio Amholt
• Vivi Gioi as Diana Ponzio
• Osvaldo Valenti as Valentini
• Luigi Almirante as Il pittore Riganti
• Camillo Pilotto as Giacomo Mori
• Ada Dondini as Antonia Mori
• Bella Starace Sainati as La contessa Bianca Lotti
• Anita Farra as Teresa Amholt
• Luigi Pavese as Melchiorri
• Carlo Lombardi as L'attore Mario Fulvi
• Arturo Bragaglia as Il ragionere
• Jacchi Gambino as Krick
• Claudio Ermelli as Il cameriere Ottaviano
• Giuseppe Pierozzi as Marini
• Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as Il barone
• Marina Doge as Un'amica di Renata
• Fedele Gentile as Un amico di Renata
• Mario Giannini as Un amico di Renata
• Mara Landi as Un'amica di Renata
• Alfredo Martinelli as Un cliente dell'albergo
• Edda Soligo as La cameriera dell'albergo
• Alfredo Varelli as Un amico di Renata
• Giuseppe Varni as Il portiere dell'albergo

References

1. Nowell-Smith, Hay & Volpi p.57

Bibliography

• Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
• Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey & Hay, James & Volpi, Gianni. The Companion to Italian Cinema. Cassell, 1996.