Nobody's Children (1951 film)

1951 film
  • 22 November 1951 (1951-11-22)
Running time
102 minutesCountriesFrance
ItalyLanguageItalian

Nobody's Children (Italian:I figli di nessuno) is a 1951 French-Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson and Françoise Rosay.[1] It is one of a series of melodramas co-starring Nazzari and Sanson, which were very popular at the box office. The owner of a marble quarry falls in love with the daughter with one of his employees, and they have a baby together. However his mother attempts to sabotage the relationship with tragic consequences.

It was followed by the 1955 sequel The White Angel.

Synopsis

Cast

  • Amedeo Nazzari: Guido Canali
  • Yvonne Sanson: Luisa Fanti/Sister Addolorata
  • Françoise Rosay: Contessa Canali
  • Folco Lulli: Anselmo Vannini
  • Enrica Dyrell: Elena
  • Teresa Franchini: Marta
  • Gualtiero Tumiati: Padre Demetrio
  • Alberto Farnese: Poldo
  • Aristide Baghetti: Bernardo Fanti, father of Luisa
  • Enrico Glori: Rinaldi
  • Olga Solbelli: Mother Superior
  • Nino Marchesini: il dottore
  • Rita Livesi: la suora
  • Giulio Tomasini: Antonio
  • Enrico Olivieri: Bruno
  • Rosalia Randazzo: Alda
  • Felice Minotti: custode
  • Loris Gizzi: direttore del collegio

References

  1. ^ Moliterno p.292

Bibliography

  • Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.


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