''Goodbye Naples'' () is a 1955 Italian

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directed by

Roberto Bianchi Montero Roberto Bianchi Montero (7 December 1907 – 7 December 1986) was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Bianchi Montero started acting as a teenager on stage and he was a member of an amateur theater group ...

and starring

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and Giorgio De Lullo.Chiti & Poppi p.19 The film's sets were designed by the

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Ivo Battelli and Alfredo Montori.

Cast

as Irene *

as Frank * Giorgio De Lullo a sTom * Leopoldo Valentini as Carmine *

Maria Grazia Francia Maria Grazia Francia (17 September 1931 – 4 March 2021) was an Italian actress of classic cinema. Career Born in Florence, in the mid-1940s Francia moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. She eventually left the cou ...

as Clara *

Virna Lisi Virna Lisa Pieralisi (; 8 November 1936 – 18 December 2014), known as just Virna Lisi, was an Italian actress. Her international film appearances included ''How to Murder Your Wife'' (1965), ''Not with My Wife, You Don't!'' (1966), ''The Secre ...

: Clara's friend (uncredited) * Charles Fawcett as Charles Burton *

Dante Maggio Dante Maggio (2 March 1909 – 3 March 1992) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 115 films between 1940 and 1975. Born in Naples into a family of actors, Maggio had a turbulent adolescence that led his father to send him in an institute f ...

as Pasquale * Anna Pretolani as Nunziata * Antonio Corevi as Gaetano Fortunati *

Nino Vingelli Nino Vingelli (4 June 1912 – 26 March 2003) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1941 and 2000. Selected filmography * ''I mariti (Tempesta d'anime)'' (1941) * '' The Betrothed'' (1941) - (uncredited) * ' ...

as Pasqualino De Rosa *

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as Giulio Lombardo *

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as The Priest * Vittoria Paoletti as Clara's daughter

References

Bibliography

* Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991.

External links

* 1955 films Italian drama films 1955 drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero 1950s melodrama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films Italian-language drama films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub