''Goodbye Youth'' () is a 1940 Italian "
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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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring
María Denis,
Adriano Rimoldi and
Clara Calamai. The film was adapted from the 1911
play of the same name by
Nino Oxilia and
Sandro Camasio, which had been adapted into films on three previous occasions. The film was a breakthrough role for Calamai who emerged as a leading star of Italian cinema during the 1940s.
[Moliterno p.58] It was made at the
Cinecittà
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studios in
Rome
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and the
Fert Studios in
Turin
Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
.
Synopsis
The film is set in Turin at the beginning of the twentieth century, where a student (Rimoldi) begins a romance with a
seamstress
A dressmaker, also known as a seamstress, is a person who makes clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. Dressmakers were historically known as mantua-makers, and are also known as a modiste or fabrician.
Notable d ...
Dorina (Denis). However, he is lured away by a sophisticated older woman (Calamai) to Dorina's distress.
Cast
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María Denis as Dorina
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Adriano Rimoldi as Mario
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Clara Calamai as Elena
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Carlo Campanini
Carlo Campanini (5 October 1906 – 20 November 1984) was an Italian actor, singer and comedian. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1939 and 1969.
Life and career
Born in Turin, Campanini attended a technical school and a course of ...
as Leone
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Bianca Della Corte as Emma
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Carlo Minello as Carlo
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Paolo Carlini
Paolo Carlini (6 January 1922 – 3 November 1979) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. He appeared in 45 films between 1940 and 1979. He is perhaps best-known to international audiences for his supporting role as the hairdresser ...
as Pino
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Bella Starace Sainati as La madre di Dorina
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Aldo Fiorelli as Ernesto
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Mario Giannini as Giovanni
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Umberto Bonsignori as Tito
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Mario Casaleggio as Il padre di Mario
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Nuccia Robella as La madre di Mario
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Vera Carmi as La fidanzata di Giovanni
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Franca Volpini as La fidanzata di Ernesto
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Arturo Bragaglia
Arturo Bragaglia (7 January 1893 – 21 January 1962) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1938 to 1961.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1893 births
1962 deaths
Italian male f ...
as Marco, il ciabattino
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Walter Grant as L'anziano signore, amante di Elena
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Piera Romati as Una ragazza al bar
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Maria-Pia Vivaldi as Un'altra ragazza al bar
See also
* ''
Goodbye Youth'' (1918)
* ''
Goodbye Youth'' (1927)
References
Bibliography
*Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links
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''Goodbye Youth''at
Variety Distribution
1940 films
Italian historical drama films
Italian black-and-white films
1940s historical drama films
1940s Italian-language films
Films directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli
Italian films based on plays
Films set in Turin
Films set in the 1900s
Remakes of Italian films
Sound film remakes of silent films
Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
1940 drama films
Films scored by Enzo Masetti
1940s Italian films
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