Difendo il mio amore (1957) Directed by Giulio Macchi, Vincent Sherman
Drama
aka: Defend My Love
Film Synopsis
To save his ailing newspaper, an editor has the bright idea of looking
up people who have been involved in long-forgotten scandalous affairs
and publishing stories on their private lives. The first of his
victims is a young woman, Elisa, who became a celebrity during a
criminal trial. Her reputation tarnished by this affair, Elisa
married Pietro and together they raised Angela, the daughter that Elisa
had with another man who was killed during the war.
Script: Ettore Giannini (story),
Suso Cecchi D'Amico (story), Giorgio Prosperi, Jacques Robert
Cinematographer: Gianni Di Venanzo
Music: Renzo Rossellini
Cast:Martine Carol (Elisa Leonardi),
Vittorio Gassman (Giovanni Marchi),
Gabriele Ferzetti (Pietro Leonardi),
Charles Vanel (Verdisio),
Giorgia Moll (Orietta),
Maria Del Gesso (Angela),
Arnoldo Foà (Il avvocato),
Clelia Matania (Emma),
Alan Furlan (Il propietario del giornale),
Elena Altieri,
Loris Gizzi,
Diane Graves,
Enrico Glori,
Anna Maria Del Fra,
Gertrude Flynn,
Mino Doro,
Manno De Guidi,
Antonella Della Porta,
Cecyl Tryan,
Gustavo De Nardo
Country: Italy / France
Language: Italian
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 95 min
Aka:Defend My Love
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