Sleeping Beauty (1942)
The servant girl Carmela arrives from her village to work in the house of the notary Don Domenico, a hypocritical and ambiguous man, who seduces her. The girl flees from the house and falls into the clutches of a shrew who flatters her with promises and wants to exploit her beauty. A young man, Salvatore, known as Il Nero, who works in the sulfur mines, rescues her from the vile house and forces the notary to make amends for his wrongdoing by marrying her. The girl goes through the various events as if in a daze. On her wedding day, she faints before entering the church and falls seriously ill. Before she dies, she reveals that the sulfur miner was her only love and that his lack of understanding caused her illness.
| Movie ID | 161698 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Luigi Chiarini |
| Main cast | Amedeo Nazzari, Luisa Ferida, Osvaldo Valenti, Teresa Franchini, Pina Piovani, Margherita Nicosia Bossi, Guido Celano, Carlo Dessy |
| Release date | 10 January 1942 |
| Release year | 1942 |
| Language | Italian |
| Duration | 90 min (1h 30m) |
| Rating | 10.0 / 10 (TMDB) |
| Production house | – |
Director: Luigi Chiarini
Writers: Vitaliano Brancati, Luigi Chiarini, Umberto Barbaro
Top cast
Amedeo NazzariSalvatore, aka 'Il Nero della solfara'
Luisa FeridaCarmela
Osvaldo ValentiDon Vincenzo Caramandola
Teresa FranchiniZia Agata
Pina PiovaniNunziata
Margherita Nicosia BossiConcetta
Guido CelanoSolfataro
Carlo DessySolfataro
Fiorella BettiErminia
Gildo BocciMercante
Roberto PasettiPadrone del caffè Trinacria
Pietro BigernaMaresciallo dei carabinieri
Piero PalerminiCliente del caffè Trinacria
Renata DragoRagazza del paese
Isa MariRagazza del paese
Luigi UrbinatiUomo col grammofono
Renato NavarriniMedico
Achille Togliani
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