Casta diva (1954)
Vincenzo Bellini, che ha appena compiuto gli studi al conservatorio di musica di Napoli, ha l'occasione di conoscere Maddalena. Un suo componimento intitolato "Casta diva" desta l'attenzione della ragazza. Grande è la sua sorpresa quando scopre che Maddalena è già stata promessa dal padre a Ernesto Tosi un ricco industriale napoletano. Quando scopre che Ernesto amoreggia con la celebre cantante lirica Giuditta Pasta, propone a Maddalena di fuggire con lui in Sicilia.
Direttore:
Carmine Gallone
Scrittori:
Walter Reisch, Carmine Gallone, Age, Scarpelli, Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Léo Joannon.
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Antonella Lualdi as Maddalena Fumaroli |
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Nadia Gray as Giuditta Pasta |
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Maurice Ronet as Vincenzo Bellini |
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Fausto Tozzi as Gaetano Donizetti |
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Jacques Castelot as Ernesto Tosi |
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Marina Berti as Beatrice Turina |
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Renzo Ricci as Giudice Fumaroli |
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Jean Richard as Domenico Fiorillo |
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Danilo Belardinelli as Niccolò Paganini |
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Paola Borboni as Signora Monti |
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Manlio Busoni as Domenico Barbaja |
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Nicla Di Bruno as Ballerina |
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Lauro Gazzolo as Giacinto Monti |
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Dante Maggio as Il pazzariello |
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Camillo Pilotto as Rettore del conservatorio |
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Luigi Tosi as Felice Romani |
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Nino Vingelli as Guappo |
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Renzo Giovampietro as Saverio Mercadante |
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Liana Del Balzo as Baronessa De Vico |
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Mario Passante as Re Ferdinando I |
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Mario Siletti as Conte vegetariano |
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Giuseppe Varni as Maggiordomo di casa Fumaroli |
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Gianni Di Benedetto as Amico di Beatrice a teatro |
| Production | Gianni Hecht Lucari | Producer |
| Camera | Marco Scarpelli | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Niccolò Lazzari | Editor |
| Art | Mario Chiari | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria De Matteis | Costume Design |
| Writing | Walter Reisch | Story |
| Writing | Walter Reisch | Screenplay |
| Writing | Carmine Gallone | Story |
| Writing | Carmine Gallone | Screenplay |
| Writing | Age | Story |
| Writing | Age | Screenplay |
| Writing | Scarpelli | Story |
| Writing | Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | Story |
| Writing | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | Screenplay |
| Writing | Léo Joannon | Story |
| Writing | Léo Joannon | Screenplay |
| Sound | Renzo Rossellini | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Oliviero de Fabritiis | Conductor |
| Directing | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Franco Cirino | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jacques Natteau | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Luigi Ricci | Music Consultant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto De Rossi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raimondo Van Riel | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renata Magnanti | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Idelmo Simonelli | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Joseph Nathanson | Special Effects |
| Sound | Ennio Sensi | Sound |
| Production | Nello Meniconi | Unit Manager |
| Production | Giorgio Riganti | Unit Manager |
| Production | Angelo Binarelli | Production Secretary |
| Editing | Gabriella Pacho | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Carla Gervasi | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Mario Garbuglia | Set Decoration |
| Art | Mario Garbuglia | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marisa Polidori | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giorgio Hermann | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Production | Franco Riganti | Line Producer |
| Directing | Carmine Gallone | Director |