''Torrents of Spring'' () is a 1942 Italian

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

Nunzio Malasomma Nunzio Malasomma (4 February 1894 – 12 January 1974) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 41 films between 1923 and 1968. Selected filmography *''Red Love (1921 film), Red Love'' (1921) * ''Mister Radio'' (1924) * ' ...

and starring

Gino Cervi Luigi Cervi (3 May 1901 – 3 January 1974), better known as Gino Cervi (), was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character ''Don Camillo'' (1952–1965), and police detective Jul ...

, Mariella Lotti and

Vanna Vanni Vanna Vanni (7 January 1915 – 6 March 1998) was an Italian film actress. She was in thirty-one films between 1930 and 1943. Life and career Vanni was born in Florence as Maria Angelica Giovanna Pegna. She has been described as a graceful a ...

.Chiti & Lancia p.432 It was shot at the

Cinecittà Studios Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City) is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were constru ...

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

s Alfredo Montori and Mario Rappini.

Cast

as Francesco * Mariella Lotti as Ilse, sua moglie *

as La dottoressa Anna Soldani *

Paolo Stoppa Paolo Stoppa (6 June 1906 – 1 May 1988) was an Italian actor. Biography Paolo Stoppa was born in Rome into a family of a ministerial official, Luigi Stoppa, and Adriana De Antonis. He began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome ...

as Il dottore Berni * Carlo Lombardi as Alberto Claubert * Annibale Betrone as Il professore Weber * Marina Doge as Lucia *

Wanda Capodaglio Wanda Capodaglio (1 January 1889 – 30 August 1980) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 30 films between 1914 and 1970. Her brother Ruggero was married to actress Anna Capodaglio (the stage name of Anna Adele Alberta Gramatica) who ...

as La zia di Ilse * Vittorina Benvenuti as La capo infermiera *

Armando Migliari Armando Migliari (29 April 1889 – 15 June 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1914 and 1965. Selected filmography * ''Cura di baci'' (1916) * ''I fioretti di San Francisco'' (1917) * ''La moglie scacciata' ...

as Il nonno in attesa * Joop van Hulzen as La guida alpina nella baita *

Edda Soligo Edda Soligo (17 July 1905 – 2 March 1984) was an Italian film and television actress.Verdone p.111 Selected filmography * '' Adam's Tree'' (1936) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * ''The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * '' Il signor Max'' (193 ...

as Un'infermiera

References

Bibliography

* Roberto Chiti & Enrico Lancia. ''I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944''. Gremese Editore, 2005.

External links

* 1942 films Italian drama films Italian black-and-white films 1942 drama films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma Films shot at Cinecittà Studios 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub