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The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1953 film)

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1953 Italian film
The Blind Woman of Sorrento
Spanish film poster
Directed byGiacomo Gentilomo
Written byFrancesco Mastriani (novel)
Ivo Perilli
Liana Ferri
Produced byGiacomo Savelli
Starring
CinematographyRomolo Garroni
Edited byElsa Dubbini
Music byCarlo Rustichelli
Production
company		Cine Produzione Astoria
Release date
  • February 1953 (1953-02)
Running time93 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Blind Woman of Sorrento (Italian: La cieca di Sorrento) is a 1953 Italian historical romantic drama film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Antonella Lualdi, Paul Campbell and Enzo Biliotti. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film is based on the novel of the same title by Francesco Mastriani and is the third time that it has been filmed. It is set in the nineteenth century in Sorrento in southern Italy.

Plot

In the 19th century, Naples was governed by the Bourbons. Doctor Pisani is a patriot who is unjustly accused of having killed a marquise. He does not want to betray the cause and allows himself to be executed. Ten years later, his son Oliviero, who has taken medical courses, restores the truth and wants to marry Béatrice, the Marquise's daughter, who became blind during the assault on her mother's castle by revolutionary patriots. Oliviero, having become an ophthalmologist, heals the girl and marries her.

Cast

References

  1. Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009. p.367.

External links

Films directed by Giacomo Gentilomo


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