The Song of Love (1930 film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Gennaro Righelli |
Written by | Giorgio Simonelli Gennaro Righelli |
Produced by | Stefano Pittaluga for CINES |
Starring | Dria Paola Isa Pola Elio Steiner Mercedes Brignone |
Cinematography | Ubaldo Arata Massimo Terzano |
Edited by | Leo Menardi Gennaro Righelli |
Music by | Cesare Andrea Bixio |
Distributed by | Pitaluga |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The Song of Love (Italian: La canzone dell'amore) is a 1930 Italian romance film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Dria Paola, Isa Pola and Elio Steiner. It was the first Italian talking film.[1][2] Alessandro Blasetti's film Resurrection was actually shot first, but delays meant that it was not released until 1931.[3]
The film was first publicly screened on 7 October 1930 at the Supercinema in Rome. The story was based on a novella by Luigi Pirandello, In Silenzio.
The film was shot at the Cines-Pittaluga studios in Rome in three different versions: Italian, French and German using different casts and directors.
Plot summary
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Cast
[edit]- Dria Paola as Lucia
- Isa Pola as Anna
- Elio Steiner as Enrico
- Mercedes Brignone as La governante
- Camillo Pilotto as Alberto Giordani, il padre
- Olga Capri as La padrona di casa
- Nello Rocchi as Marietto detto 'Ninì'
- Umberto Sacripante as Amico di Enrico
- Geni Sadero as La dirimpettaia
- Franz Sala
- Ermete Tamberlani
- Renato Malavasi
- Gino Mercuriali
References
[edit]- ^ "Cinema Italia". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
- ^ Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
- ^ Molitnero p.40
Bibliography
[edit]- Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
External links
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Categories:
- 1930 films
- 1930s Italian-language films
- 1930 romantic drama films
- Films based on works by Luigi Pirandello
- Films directed by Gennaro Righelli
- Films set in Rome
- Italian multilingual films
- Italian black-and-white films
- Films based on short fiction
- Cines Studios films
- Italian romantic drama films
- 1930 multilingual films
- 1930s Italian films
- Films scored by Cesare Andrea Bixio
- Italian-language romantic drama films
- 1930s Italian film stubs
- 1930s romantic drama film stubs