The Force of Destiny (film)
The Force of Destiny (Italian: La forza del destino) is a 1950 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Nelly Corradi, Tito Gobbi and Gino Sinimberghi.[1] It is based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera La forza del destino.
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| Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
| Written by | Mario Corsi Ottavio Poggi Lionello De Felice Francesco Maria Piave (libretto) Duque de Rivas |
| Starring | Nelly Corradi Tito Gobbi Gino Sinimberghi |
| Music by | Giuseppe Verdi (opera) |
| Cinematography | Aldo Giordani |
| Edited by | Niccolò Lazzari |
Production company | Produzione Gallone |
| Distributed by | Union Film |
Release date | 24 January 1950 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin.
Cast
- Nelly Corradi as Donna Leonora
- Gino Sinimberghi as Don Alvaro
- Tito Gobbi as Don Carlos
- Giulio Neri as Padre Guardiano
- Vito De Taranto as Frà Melitone
- Mira Vargas as Preziosilla
- John Kitzmiller as Lo scudiero moro
- Fausto Tommei as Il marchese di Calatrava
- Giuseppe Varni as Il pellegrino caritatevole
- Nerio Bernardi as Don Angelo Saavedra
- Paola Dalgas as Dana
- Pina Piovani as Cameriera di Leonora
- Giovanni Onorato as Giocatore di Carte
- Silvana Pampanini
- Galliano Masini as Alvaro (voice)
- Caterina Mancini as Leonora (voice)
- Cloe Elmo as Preziosilla (voice)
References
- Aprà, p. 93
Bibliography
- Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian Cinema 1929–1944. Electa International, 1979.
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