''Heart and Soul'' ( it, Cuore, also known as ''Heart'') is a 1948 Italian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Sciuscià'' and ''Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary) ...

and

Duilio Coletti Duilio Coletti (28 December 1906 – 22 May 1999) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 29 films between 1934 and 1977. Career Born in Penne, Abruzzo, he took a degree in medicine and surgery and practiced the profess ...

, based on

Edmondo de Amicis Edmondo De Amicis (; 21 October 1846 – 11 March 1908) was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet, and short-story writer. His best-known book is ''Cuore'', a children's novel translated into English as ''Heart''. Early career Born in Oneglia (to ...

' novel

Heart The heart is a muscular organ in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide to t ...

. De Sica won the

Silver Ribbon The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...

for Best Actor by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists.

Plot

The story is about a young student of an upper-class background whose classmates are of working-class backgrounds.

Cast

as Professor Perboni *

María Mercader María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (; 6 March 1918 – 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in some forty films between 1923 and 1992. Julian Gorkin wrote that her cousin was born Montserrat in the family of Carida ...

as Clotilde Serra * Lamberto Picasso * Giorgio De Lullo as Lt. Renato Gardena *

Luigi Pavese Luigi Pavese (25 October 1897 – 13 December 1969) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Asti, Pavese started his career in 1916 working as a silent film actor at 19 years of age. He then began his theatrical debut in 192 ...

as Lari, substitute teacher *

Ave Ninchi Ave Maria Ninchi (14 December 1914 – 10 November 1997) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included ''Tomorrow Is Too Late'' (1949) and Louis Malle's ''Murmur ...

as Signora Serra, mother * Carlo Ogliotti as Enrico Amici, student *

Gino Leurini Gino Leurini (20 November 1934 – 12 August 2014) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Leurini made his film debut in 1947, in the Luigi Capuano's drama film ''Legge di sangue''. One year later, he g ...

as Garrone, student * Luciano De Ambrosis as Precossi, student * Gualtiero Tomiselli as Crossi, student * Sergio Serardi as Franti, student * Amerigo Martufi as 'Muratorino', student *

Vito Chiari Vito is an Italian name that is derived from the Latin word "''vita''", meaning "life". It is a modern form of the Latin name Vitus, meaning "life-giver," as in San Vito or Saint Vitus, the patron saint of dogs and a heroic figure in southern I ...

as Coretti, student * Geiogio Guglielmo as Votini, student * Francesco Lengo as Nelli, student * Rino Moretti as Stardi, student * Carlo Delle Piane as Garoffi, student

References

External links

*
''Heart and Soul''
on

Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ...

1948 films 1948 drama films 1940s war drama films 1940s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films based on works by Edmondo De Amicis Films directed by Vittorio De Sica Films directed by Duilio Coletti Italian war drama films Films scored by Enzo Masetti Films based on Italian novels Works based on Heart (novel) World War I films set on the Italian Front 1940s Italian films {{WWI-film-stub