''Passionate Song'' () is a 1953 Italian

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melodrama film directed by

Giorgio Simonelli Giorgio Simonelli (14 November 1901 Birth name: Giorgio Simonelli. – 3 October 1966), was an Italian film director, editor, screenwriter and journalist. Life and career Born in Rome, Simonelli got a high school diploma in business studies, ...

and starring Nilla Pizzi, Gérard Landry and Vira Silenti.Parish p.100

Plot

Lucia Spinelli, orphaned by both parents, is taken as a housekeeper in the house of Mrs. Carla Parodi, when she reaches the age of majority, the young woman is almost forced to marry Mrs. Carla's brother. After the marriage and the birth of the first child, Parodi's intrusions on the life of the two spouses continue. At the age of five, the little girl is sent to a college at Carla's suggestion, leaving Lucia in solitude, filled by the presence of Alberto, a shady individual who, after becoming her lover, pushes her to work as a singer in a nightclub. After leaving her husband, Lucia continues her work in the show that will take her around the world, but when she returns, after a few years, she will see her daughter again and will have the sad news about Alberto's attempts to take advantage of the young woman, in the dramatic final Lucia will kill Alberto.

Cast

* Nilla Pizzi as Lucia Spinelli * Gérard Landry as Albert Dupont * Vira Silenti as Fiorella * Cesare Fantoni as Lorenzo Parodi *

Elisa Cegani Elisa Cegani (11 June 1911 – 23 February 1996) was an Italian actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1935 and 1983. Partial filmography * '' Aldebaran'' (1935) - Nora Bandi * ''Cavalry'' (1936) - Speranza di Frassineto * '' The Counte ...

as Carla Parodi * Umberto Spadaro as Il Commissario * Carlo Tusco as Franco * Paola Quattrini as Fiorella di Piccola * France Degand as Blondie * Gaetano Verna as Avv. del Divorzio * Luisa Rivelli as Amante de Alberto * Nino Cavalieri as Bernardini * Zoe Incrocci as Prostituta alla Stazione * Mario Passante as L'Impresario Vitale * Giusi Raspani Dandolo as La Turista * Guido Barbarisi as Lo Snob * Bruno Cantalamessa as L'Algerino * Umberto Aquilino as Compratore dei Gioielli * Gigi Reder as Un Turista

References

Bibliography

* Parish, James Robert . ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

External links

* 1953 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Giorgio Simonelli 1950s musical drama films Italian musical drama films 1953 drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s melodrama films 1950s Italian films Films scored by Nino Oliviero {{1950s-Italy-film-stub