''Loyalty of Love'' (Italian: ''Teresa Confalonieri'') is a 1934 Italian historical

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directed by

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and starring

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and Luigi Cimara. It is based on the story of Teresa Confalonieri, a celebrated figure of the Italian reunification campaign. It was one of several films made during the 1930s that portrayed this era.Bouchard p. 255 It premiered at the

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in August 1934. The film was shot at the Cines Studios in

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with sets designed by the art director

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Cast

as Teresa Confalonieri *

as Il conte Federico Confalonieri * Luigi Cimara as Il principe de Metternich * Elsa De Giorgi as La principessa Carolina Jablonowska * Filippo Scelzo as Il barone Salvotti * Luigi Carini as Il conte Vitaliano Confalonieri * Riccardo Tassani as Franz the First *

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as L'imperatrice Carolina * Achille Majeroni as Il feldmaresciallo Bubna * Giovanni Barrella as Bolchesi – il servitore * Carlo Tamberlani as Luigi Parravicini *

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as Il governatore di Milano *

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as Cavaliere di Castillo * Eugenio Duse as Il ministro di polizia *

Mercedes Brignone Mercedes Brignone (18 May 1885 – 24 June 1967) was a Spanish-born Italian stage, film and television actress. She was the daughter of the actor Giuseppe Brignone. She often played divas, and appeared in numerous silent films for Milano Films ...

as La marchesa al ballo *

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as La marchesina al ballo * Elli Parvo as La nobildonna al ballo * Vinicio Sofia as Un uomo di fiducia del barone Salvati *

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as Conte Ilario * Renato Ferrari as Giudice Menghin *

Maria Zanoli Maria Zanoli (26 October 1896 – 15 November 1977) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 45 films between 1943 and 1961. Partial filmography * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) - La cameriera pettegola di casa Confalonieri * ''Incontri di ...

as La cameriera pettegola di casa Confalonieri *

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as Il banditore al patibolo *

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as Operaio della stamperia

References

Bibliography

* Norma Bouchard. ''Risorgimento in Modern Italian Culture: Revisiting the Nineteenth-century Past in History, Narrative, and Cinema''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2005.

External links

1934 films Films directed by Guido Brignone Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian-language films Italian historical drama films 1930s historical drama films Cines Studios films Films set in the 19th century 1934 drama films 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-film-stub