''The Golden Vein'' () is a 1928 Italian silent

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Guglielmo Zorzi Guglielmo Zorzi (1879–1967) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.Vacche p.262 Selected filmography Director * '' The Redemption'' (1924) * '' The Closed Mouth'' (1925) * '' The Golden Vein'' (1928) Screenwriter * '' Blue Blood'' (19 ...

and starring

Diana Karenne Diana Karenne (born Leucadia Konstantia; 1888 – 14 October 1940) was a Polish film actress and director. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1916 and 1940. In 1917, she opened her film production company in Milan. Injured in a Wor ...

Elio Steiner Elio Steiner (1905–1965) was an Italian stage and film actor. Steiner appeared in forty films during his career, including ''The Song of Love'' (1930), the first Italian sound film.Mancini p.207 Selected filmography * ''The Golden Vein'' (1928 ...

, and Giovanni Cimara.Lancia & Poppi p.216 It was adapted from Zorzi's own play. It is now considered a

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. It was subsequently remade as sound film in 1955.

Cast

as Contessa Maria Usberti *

as Corrado Usberti, suo figlio * Giovanni Cimara as Guido Manfredi *

Enrico Scatizzi Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from '' Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Henri (French), Enr ...

as il professore Alban *

Nini Dinelli Nini may refer to: Geography * Nini River, Ghana * Nini Suhien National Park, Ghana Film and television * '' Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa'', an Italian comedy film * '' Nini's Treehouse'', a children's television series * Ni ...

as Amelia Carena *

Augusto Bandini Augusto Bandini (born 1889) was an Italian film actor.Dalle Vacche p.268 He appeared in more than forty productions, the majority of them during the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Emperor Maciste'' (1924) * '' Maciste's American Nephew ...

Carlo Benetti Carlo Benetti (1885–1949) was an Italian film actor of the silent era.Goble p.125 During the sound era he worked as production manager on a number of films. Selected filmography * '' Assunta Spina'' (1915) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1915 ...

Renato Malavasi Renato Malavasi (8 August 1904 – 7 October 1998) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 135 films between 1921 and 1985. Selected filmography * '' The Golden Vein'' (1928) * '' The Song of Love'' (1930) * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ' ...

References

Bibliography

* Enrico Lancia & Roberto Poppi. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. M - Z., Volume 3''. Gremese Editore, 2003.

External links

* 1928 lost films 1928 comedy films Italian silent feature films 1920s Italian-language films Films directed by Guglielmo Zorzi Silent Italian comedy films 1920s Italian films Lost Italian films Italian-language comedy films {{1920s-Italy-silent-film-stub