The White Angel
(1955)
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The White Angel
(1955)
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Amedeo Nazzari | ... |
L'ingegnere Guido Carani
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Yvonne Sanson | ... |
Sister Addolorata /
Lina Mercolin
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Enrica Dyrell | ... |
Elena Carani
(as Enrica Direll)
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Alberto Farnese | ... |
Poldo
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Flora Lillo | ... |
Flora
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Philippe Hersent | ... |
Mario La Torre
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Nerio Bernardi | ... |
L'avvocato Rossi
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Virgilio Riento | ... |
Il dottor Marini
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Emilio Cigoli | ... |
Il direttore della prigione
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Olga Solbelli | ... |
La madre superiora
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Ignazio Balsamo | ... |
Un poliziotto
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Franca Parisi | ... |
Una soubrette
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Oscar Andriani | ... |
Un avvocato
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Rina Franchetti | ... |
Una detenuta
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Silvana Jachino | ... |
La detenuta bionda
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Guido Carani, an engineer of noble descent, has just lost his son born to him by a chorus dancer, who, desperate, has become a nun. After a while he also loses his wife and daughter in a car accident. Poor Guido is in despair, but soon he meets Lina, a woman who is a dead ringer for Luisa. Written by Salvatore Santangelo <pappagone2@libero.it>
I'd already had my fill of Matarazzo, but I watched this one -- a sequel to NOBODY'S CHILDREN -- just out of obligation to finish what I started. But this one was a step up. It picks up where its predecessor left off, and piles on a whole new series of tragedies, including an almost hilariously cruel boating accident. Things get even weirder when Sanson appears as a doppelganger character, and Nazzari gets obsessed with her, VERTIGO-style (and takes the opportunity to impregnate her for the third time in as many movies). Where this film surpasses Matarazzo's previous works is in the more heightened cinematic stylization and a somewhat deeper exploration of character psychology. There are actually some really good scenes here. It's still pretty soapy, and there are a few dull spots, but overall this is a "high 7" as opposed to the "low 7" for the NOBODY'S CHILDREN and TORMENTO.