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GIACOMO L'IDEALISTA
In collaboration with the 20. International Critics Week
year 1943 length 90' black and white 35mm country Italy
directed by Alberto Lattuada
Screenplay Emilio Cecchi, Aldo Buzzi, Alberto Lattuada based on the novel by Emilio De Marchi
Cast Massimo Serato (Giacomo Lanzavecchia), Marina Berti (Celestina), Andrea Checchi (Giacinto Magnenzio), Giulio Tempesti (don Lorenzo), Giacinto Molteni (Count Magnenzio), Tina Lattanzi (Countess Cristina Magnenzio), Domenico Viglione Borghese (Giacomo’s father), Armando Migliari (Mr. Mangano)
Cinematography Carlo Nebiolo
Art direction Fulvio Paoli
Editing Mario Bonotti
Music Felice Lattuada
Producer Carlo Ponti
Production Artisti Tecnici Associati
synopsis
A young professor who becomes destitute after the business managed by his father fails is welcomed into the home of a noble family, who offer him employment. In this family’s castle there also lives the man’s girlfriend, who has been raped by the son of the family and, to avoid a scandal, is being kept away from the rapist’s mother. Shortly afterwards the girl attempts to return to town and be reunited with her loved one yet is caught in a sudden snow storm on her way there. With what little strength remains she manages to reach the town, only to die in her loved one’s arms.
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