Casta Diva (1954 film)

1954 French film
  • 1954 (1954)
Running time
98 minutesCountriesFrance
ItalyLanguageItalian

Casta Diva is a 1954 Italian-French biographical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone. It is a remake of Gallone's 1935 film with the same name.[1][2]

Plot

The film tells the fictionalized biography of the famous musician Vincenzo Bellini, who lived in the 19th century and died at the age of 34.

Cast

  • Antonella Lualdi as Maddalena Fumaroli
  • Nadia Gray as Giuditta Pasta
  • Maurice Ronet as Vincenzo Bellini
  • Fausto Tozzi as Gaetano Donizetti
  • Jacques Castelot as Ernesto Tosi
  • Marina Berti as Beatrice Turina
  • Renzo Ricci as Giudice Fumaroli
  • Jean Richard as Fiorillo
  • Paola Borboni as Miss Monti
  • Lauro Gazzolo as Domenico Barbaja
  • Danilo Berardinelli as Niccolò Paganini
  • Renzo Giovampietro as Saverio Mercadante
  • Camillo Pilotto as Rettore Conservatorio
  • Luigi Tosi as Felice Romani
  • Dante Maggio as Il pazzariello
  • Nino Vingelli as Il guappo

References

  1. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
  2. ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
  • Casta Diva at IMDb
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