The Lady of the Camellias (1947 film)
The Lady of the Camellias (Italian: La signora dalle camelie) is a 1947 Italian musical drama film directed by Nelly Corradi, Gino Mattera and Manfredi Polverosi.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1853 opera La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi. In 1948 it was released in America by Columbia Pictures under the title The Lost One.
| The Lady of the Camellias | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
| Produced by | Gregor Rabinovitch William A. Szekeley |
| Written by | Hamilton Benz Francesco Maria Piave (libretto) |
| Starring | Nelly Corradi Gino Mattera Manfredi Polverosi |
| Music by | Luigi Ricci Giuseppe Verdi |
| Cinematography | Arturo Gallea |
| Edited by | Niccolò Lazzari |
Production company | Grandi Film Storici Cinopera |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures (US) |
Release date | 22 December 1947 |
Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Costume design was by Georges Annenkov.
Cast
- Nelly Corradi as Violetta Valery
- Gino Mattera as Alfredo Germont
- Manfredi Polverosi as Georg Germont
- Flora Marino as Flora Bervoix
- Carlo Lombardi as Baron Douphol
- Massimo Serato as Alexandre Dumas fils (prologue)
- Nerio Bernardi as Giuseppe Verdi (prologue)
- Onelia Fineschi as Singer: opera
- Tito Gobbi as Singer: opera
- Francesco Albanese as Singer: opera
- Arturo La Porta as Singer: opera
References
- Dyer p.34
Bibliography
- Dyer, Richard. In The Space Of A Song: The Uses of Song in Film. Routledge, 2013
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.