Malaspina is a 1947 Italian melodrama film directed by Armando Fizzarotti and starring Vera Rol, Aldo Bufi Landi and Rino Genovese. It is a melodrama, based on a popular song of the same name. Its story of female wrongdoing and ultimate redemption was characteristic of Neapolitan-style cinema.
Synopsis A young woman promises to be faithful to her lover when he goes off to fight in the Second World War. However, in his absence she becomes a prostitute and takes up with a notorious criminal. When her real love returns he kills her new boyfriend. Deeply ashamed of her conduct, she becomes a nun.
Reception The film revived the Naples film-industry, which had largely disappeared during the Fascist era when Italian filmmaking was concentrated in Rome. The film was released in the United States, where it proved popular with Italian-American audiences.Marlow-Mann p.16
Cast Vera Rol as Maria, detta 'Malaspina' Aldo Bufi Landi as Andrea Rino Genovese as Gaetano Ugo D'Alessio as Nicola Vittoria Crispo as Teresina Carmelo Capurro Nicola Pouthod Alberto Amato Gino Vittorio
References
Bibliography Marlow-Mann, Alex. The New Neapolitan Cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2011. Moine, Raphaëlle. Cinema Genre. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
External links
Malaspina at Variety Distribution