The Secret Lover

1941 Italian film
  • 27 September 1941 (1941-09-27)
Running time
101 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

The Secret Lover (Italian: L'amante segreta) is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti and Vivi Gioi.[1] It was made at Cinecittà in Rome.

Plot

After her tutor embezzles and squanders her inheritance, a young woman is forced to seek work in a series of different occupations.

Cast

  • Alida Valli as Renata Croci
  • Fosco Giachetti as Giorgio Amholt
  • Vivi Gioi as Diana Ponzio
  • Osvaldo Valenti as Valentini
  • Luigi Almirante as Il pittore Riganti
  • Camillo Pilotto as Giacomo Mori
  • Ada Dondini as Antonia Mori
  • Bella Starace Sainati as La contessa Bianca Lotti
  • Anita Farra as Teresa Amholt
  • Luigi Pavese as Melchiorri
  • Carlo Lombardi as L'attore Mario Fulvi
  • Arturo Bragaglia as Il ragionere
  • Jacchi Gambino as Krick
  • Claudio Ermelli as Il cameriere Ottaviano
  • Giuseppe Pierozzi as Marini
  • Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as Il barone
  • Marina Doge as Un'amica di Renata
  • Fedele Gentile as Un amico di Renata
  • Mario Giannini as Un amico di Renata
  • Mara Landi as Un'amica di Renata
  • Alfredo Martinelli as Un cliente dell'albergo
  • Edda Soligo as La cameriera dell'albergo
  • Alfredo Varelli as Un amico di Renata
  • Giuseppe Varni as Il portiere dell'albergo

References

  1. ^ Nowell-Smith, Hay & Volpi p.57

Bibliography

  • Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
  • Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey & Hay, James & Volpi, Gianni. The Companion to Italian Cinema. Cassell, 1996.

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