Directed by:
Mario SoldatiComposer:
Franco ManninoCast:
Gina Lollobrigida, Gabriele Ferzetti, Renato Baldini, Anna-Maria Sandri, Franco Interlenghi, Alda Mangini, Marilyn Buferd, Nanda PrimaveraPlots(1)
Gemma, the uneducated daughter of a landlord, falls in love with a wealthy young man, Paolo Sartori. But she can’t marry him, as her mother reveals that he is her illegitimate half-brother. Overcoming her disappointment, she resigns herself to marrying Franco Vagnuzzi, a professor for whom she feels no real attraction and who neglects her. Gemma meets Countess Elvira, who persuades her to become the lover of a man called Vittoni. Subsequently she wants her to sleep with other acquaintances of hers. Franco suspects nothing, while Elvira starts to blackmail Gemma and installs herself in their home. When Elvira threatens to follow the couple to Rome, where Franco is about to be transferred, Gemma, exasperated, attacks her and wounds her with a knife. With this act she succeeds in driving her away and reconciling with her husband. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Gina Lollobrigida
Italy
Best movies:
Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
Deceptions (1985) (TV movie)
Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
Gabriele Ferzetti
Italy
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Confession (1970)
The Adventure (1960)
Renato Baldini
Italy
Best movies:
The Desperado Trail (1965)
Winnetou: The Red Gentleman (1964)
In the Name of the Italian People (1971)
Anna-Maria Sandri
Italy
Best movies:
The Red and the Black (1954)
Franco Interlenghi
Italy
Best movies:
Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000) (TV movie)
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
Like Father, Like Son (1957)
Alda Mangini
Italy
Marilyn Buferd
USA
Best movies:
Honour Among Thieves (1954)
Beauties of the Night (1952)
Queen of Outer Space (1958)
Nanda Primavera
Italy
Best movies:
Che gioia vivere (1961)
Scusa se è poco (1982)