Von Liebe besessen (1944)
Der junge Gelegenheitsarbeiter Gino kehrt in einer abgelegenen Trattoria in der Po-Ebene ein. Sie wird von dem grobschlächtigen Bragana und seiner jungen Frau Giovanna bewirtschaftet. Schon bei ihrer ersten Begegnung ist ein erotisches Knistern zwischen Giovanna und Gino zu spüren. Giovanna überredet ihren Mann, Gino als Mechaniker einzustellen. Und kaum ist der Wirt außer Haus, wird Gino zum Geliebten Giovannas. Besessen von ihrer Leidenschaft sehen die Liebenden nur einen Weg zu ihrem gemeinsamen Glück: Bragana muß sterben ...
Der Regisseur:
Luchino Visconti
Die Autor:
Luchino Visconti, Giuseppe De Santis, Mario Alicata, Alberto Moravia, Antonio Pietrangeli, Gianni Puccini.
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Clara Calamai as Giovanna Bragana |
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Massimo Girotti as Gino Costa |
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Dhia Cristiani as Anita |
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Elio Marcuzzo as The Spaniard |
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Vittorio Duse as Police Officer |
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Michele Riccardini as Don Remigio |
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Juan de Landa as Giuseppe Bragana |
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Michele Sakara as Il Bambino (uncredited) |
| Directing | Luchino Visconti | Director |
| Production | Libero Solaroli | Producer |
| Camera | Domenico Scala | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Aldo Tonti | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Giuseppe Rosati | Music |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Writing | Luchino Visconti | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giuseppe De Santis | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mario Alicata | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alberto Moravia | Screenplay |
| Writing | Antonio Pietrangeli | Screenplay |
| Production | Libero Solaroli | Executive Producer |
| Art | Gino Franzi | Art Direction |
| Directing | Giuseppe De Santis | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Antonio Pietrangeli | Assistant Director |
| Art | Italo Tomassi | Painter |
| Sound | Tommaso Barberini | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Arrigo Usigli | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Gianni Di Venanzo | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Vincenzo Genesi | Negative Cutter |
| Writing | Gianni Puccini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Luchino Visconti | Dialogue |
| Writing | Mario Alicata | Dialogue |
| Writing | Giuseppe De Santis | Dialogue |
| Writing | Gianni Puccini | Dialogue |
| Sound | Fernando Previtali | Conductor |
| Art | Gino Franzi | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria De Matteis | Costume Design |
| Camera | Osvaldo Civirani | Still Photographer |
| Production | Camillo Pagani | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Giovanna Valeri | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | James M. Cain | Novel |