The Widow (1939 film)

The Widow (Italian:La vedova) is a 1939 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Isa Pola, Leonardo Cortese and Osvaldo Valenti. A mother's possessive love for her dead son leads to a hostile attitude towards his widow.^[1]

The Widow
Directed by	Goffredo Alessandrini
Written by	Renato Simoni (play) Tomaso Smith Goffredo Alessandrini
Starring	Isa Pola Leonardo Cortese Osvaldo Valenti Ruggero Ruggeri
Cinematography	Ubaldo Arata
Edited by	Giorgio Simonelli
Music by	Giorgio Federico Ghedini
Production company	Scalera Film
Distributed by	Scalera Film
Release date	9 February 1939 (1939-02-09)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Main cast

• Isa Pola as Maddalena
• Leonardo Cortese as Carlo
• Osvaldo Valenti as Padova, il pittore
• Ruggero Ruggeri as Alessandro
• Emma Gramatica as Adelaide, moglie di Alessandro
• Cesco Baseggio as Anselmo
• Nicola Maldacea as Gennarino
• Cesare Zoppetti as Ogniben
• Bice Parisi as Donna Clementina
• Emi Rai as Gemma
• Anna Capodaglio as Rosa
• Vasco Creti as Il medico
• Albino Principe as Mario

References

1. Reich & Garofalo p.18

Bibliography

• Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

• The Widow at IMDb