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 Carmine Gallone and starring 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 | |
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| Italian | La signora dalle camelie |
| Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
| Written by | Hamilton Benz Francesco Maria Piave (libretto) |
| Produced by | Gregor Rabinovitch William A. Szekeley |
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| Cinematography | Arturo Gallea |
| Edited by | Niccolò Lazzari |
| Music by | Luigi Ricci Giuseppe Verdi |
Production company | Grandi Film Storici Cinopera |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures (US) |
Release date |
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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, Richard (2012) [2011]. In The Space Of A Song: The Uses of Song in Film. London: Routledge. p. 34. doi:10.1017/S0261143013000731. ISBN 978-0415223744.
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3598114923.
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