The Widow () 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.Reich & Garofalo p.18
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
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Bibliography Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.
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