''Fatal Symphony'' () is a 1947 Italian

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directed by

Victor Stoloff Victor Stoloff (1913–2009) was a Russian-born American Hollywood director, producer and screenplay writer who worked in film and television. In 1943, Stoloff and Edgar Loew were nominated for an Academy Award in the category "Best Documentary", f ...

and starring

Douglass Montgomery Robert Douglass Montgomery (also credited as Kent Douglass; October 29, 1909 – July 23, 1966) was an American film actor. Early years The son of Chester Montgomery, a jeweler, and Leona Smith, Montgomery graduated from Los Angeles High ...

Marina Berti Elena Maureen Bertolino (29 September 1924 – 29 October 2002), known professionally as Marina Berti, was an Italian film actress. She was born in London from an Italian father and an English mother. Biography Her first screen appearance was ...

and Sarah Churchill. It was screened and awarded a prize at the Lugano Festival.Lovell p.495 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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and Vittorio Valentini.

Plot

Before the

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an American

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, separated from his wife, comes to live in Italy and falls in love with a country girl.

Cast

as John Savage *

as Mirella * Sarah Churchill as Mrs. Savage *

Tullio Carminati Tullio Carminati (September 21, 1894 – February 26, 1971) was a Dalmatian Italian actor. He rose to fame in Italy and the United States initially as a silent film actor, starring in such films as '' The Duchess of Buffalo'' (1926), '' Th ...

as Pedro Diaz *

Victor Rietti Victor Rietti (29 February 1888 – 3 December 1963) was an Italian-born actor and director who emigrated to the United Kingdom. He became known through his work in television, especially through the many live television productions of the ...

as Beppo *

Carlo Romano Carlo Romano (8 May 1908 – 16 October 1975) was an Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter. Biography Born in Livorno, Romano was the son of actress Dina Romano and the younger brother of actor Felice Romano. Romano started his ac ...

as Giorgio * John Blythe as pittore Pierre Robert *

Cesare Fantoni Cesare Fantoni (1 January 1905 – 15 January 1963) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Bologna, Fantoni began his acting career in Luchino Visconti’s stage proses until making his first on-screen appearance in 1937. ...

as sacerdote *

Pina Gallini Pina Gallini (19 March 1888 – 31 January 1974) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 82 films between 1935 and 1963. Selected filmography * ''The Countess of Parma'' (1936) * '' The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937) * '' The Former Matti ...

as Nunziata, moglie di Beppo *

Claudio Gora Claudio Gora, '' Emilio Giordana '' (27 July 1913 – 13 March 1998) was an Italian actor and film director. He was particularly prolific, making some 155 appearances in film and television over nearly 60 years (from 1939 to 1997). In the 1950s ...

as Rodolfo Marini *

Sergio Capogna Sergio may refer to: * Sergio (name), for people with the given name Sergio * Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found * Sergio, the mascot for the Old Orchard Beach Surge baseball team * ''Sergio'', a 2009 documentary film about ...

as Rocco *

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as tenore d'Errico *

Giuseppe Pierozzi Giuseppe Pierozzi (11 October 1883 – 22 April 1956) was an Italian stage and film actor.Goble p.349 Selected filmography * '' Maddalena Ferat'' (1920) * '' Through the Shadows'' (1923) * ''Samson'' (1923) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * '' T ...

as impiegato galleria d'arte *

Pina Piovani Pina Piovani (20 March 1897 – 2 January 1955) was an Italian stage and film actress.Bìspuri p.126 She was married to the actor Giulio Battiferri. Partial filmography * ''Napule... e niente cchiù'' (1928) - Paquita - stella del varietá * ...

as Lina, moglie di Pedro *

Kent Walton Kent Walton (22 August 1917 – 24 August 2003), born Kenneth Walton Beckett, was a British television sports commentator, presenter and actor. He is best remembered as the predominant commentator on ITV's coverage of British professional wrest ...

as Teddy Malone *

Guido Celano Guido Celano (19 April 1904 – 7 March 1988) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1988. He also directed two spaghetti Westerns: '' Cold Killer'' and '' Gun Shy Piluk''. Selected f ...

Diego Pozzetto Diego Pozzetto was an Italian stage and film actor.Chiti & Poppi p.237 Selected filmography * ''Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno'' (1937) * ''Nina non far la stupida'' (1937) * ''Il conte di Brechard'' (1938) * ''The Black Corsair'' (1938) * ''L ...

William Tubbs William Tubbs (May 10, 1907 – January 25, 1953) was an American stage and film actor.Bondanella p.156 He appeared in a number of European films in the years after the Second World War, including several by Roberto Rossellini. Biography Born ...

Nino Javert Nino or Niño may refer to: People *Nino (name) *Niño (name) *Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court justice whose nickname was "Nino" Songs * "Niño" (Belanova song), 2005 * "Niño" (Ed Maverick song), 2021 *"Nino", a song from the album '' G ...

References

Bibliography

* Mary S. Lovell. ''The Churchills: In Love and War''. W. W. Norton & Company, 2012.

External links

* 1947 films Italian drama films Italian black-and-white films 1947 drama films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Victor Stoloff Films set in Rome Films scored by Renzo Rossellini 1940s Italian films Italian-language drama films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub