''Loving You Is My Sin'' () is a 1953 Italian

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directed by

Sergio Grieco Sergio Grieco (13 January 1917 – 30 March 1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography Sergio's father was the Italian Communist Party, Italian Communist Ruggero Grieco. Grieco first started in film in the Soviet Union in 1 ...

and starring

Jacques Sernas Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas (30 July 1925 – 3 July 2015), commonly known as Jacques Sernas and sometimes credited as Jack Sernas, was a Lithuanian-born French actor with an international film career. Biography He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, ...

, Luisa Rossi and

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 ...

.Morreale p.134

Cast

as Count Giorgio Danieli * Luisa Rossi as Elena Galassi Monti *

as Countess Danieli - Giorgio's mother *

Alba Arnova Alba Arnova (15 March 1930 – 11 March 2018) was an Italian-Argentine ballerina and actress. Life and career Born in Buenos Aires as Alba Fossati, daughter of two Italian emigrants, Arnova studied piano at the Conservatory and enrolled in th ...

as Valeria Ferri - Elena's friend *

Jole Fierro Jole Fierro (22 November 1926 – 27 March 1988) was an Italian actress. Born in Salerno, Italy, Fierro made her debut in the early 1950s in the Neapolitan dialect theater, and shortly later she made her first appearances in films. In June 1954 ...

as Sister Luisa *

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as Countess Laura Danieli - Giorgio's sister *

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as The Mother Superior *

Carlo Tamberlani Carlo Tamberlani (11 March 1899 – 5 August 1980) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1931 and 1976. His brother Nando Tamberlani was also an actor. Life and career Born in Salice Salentino, Tamberlani was born ...

as Monti - Elena's father *

Giulio Battiferri Giulio Battiferri (15 July 1893 – 22 January 1973) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1939 to 1972. He was married to the actress Pina Piovani. Life and career Born in Rome, Battiferri started his caree ...

as Tanzi - the police commissioner * Gino Bramieri as Guidi - Valeria's wooer *

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* Giuseppe Taffarel as Mario Natali - the blind captain *

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as Giorgio Monti - Elena's son

References

Bibliography

* Emiliano Morreale. ''Così piangevano: il cinema melò nell'Italia degli anni Cinquanta''. Donzelli Editore, 2011.

External links

* 1953 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Sergio Grieco 1953 drama films French drama films Italian drama films 1950s melodrama films Italian black-and-white films French black-and-white films 1950s Italian films 1950s French films Films scored by Ezio Carabella Italian-language drama films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub