L'abito nero da sposa (1945)

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Director:

Luigi Zampa

Writers:

Ennio Flaiano (screenplay)
Riccardo Freda (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 May 1945 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | History

Plot:

Strozzi, the chief of a mercenary army, kills the banker Chigi, because the man refused to let him marry his daughter Berta...

Plot Keywords:

Historical | 1500s | Based On Play

Cast

Fosco Giachetti	...	Il cardinale Giovanni de Medici
Jacqueline Laurent	...	Berta Chigi
Enzo Fiermonte	...	Giuliano de Medici
Carlo Tamberlani	...	Andrea Strozzi
Aldo Silvani	...	Bartolomeo Chigi
Domenico Viglione Borghese	...	Il governatore Baglioni
Manoel Roero	...	Raffaello (as Manuel Roero)
Fausto Guerzoni	...	Beppe, il campanaro
Evelina Paoli	...	Madonna de Medici
Peppino Spadaro	...	Luigi
Renato Chiantoni	...	Bernardino
Emilio Petacci	...	Un mercante della statua di Venere
Franco Pesce	...	Un invitato alla festa
Giuliana Pitti	...	Un amica di Berta
Elena Sangro	...	Celestina

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Vi-Va Film

Trivia:

The film was started in early 1943, was interrupted during most of the war. The shooting only resumed once Rome was liberated (June 1944). It was only released in 1945.