The Mistress of Treves (film)

The Mistress of Treves (Italian: La Leggenda di Genoveffa) is a 1952 historical drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Rossano Brazzi, Anne Vernon and Gianni Santuccio.[1] Made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany, it was filmed at a studio in Milan and on location in the Aosta Valley. It is based on the legend of Genevieve of Brabant and is set during the time of the Crusades.[2]

The Mistress of Treves
Directed byArthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by
Produced byGiorgio Venturini
Starring
CinematographyMassimo Dallamano
Edited byLoris Bellero
Music byGiovanni Fusco
Production
company
Venturini Film
Distributed by
  • Accord-Film
  • Regionale
  • Synimex
Release date
  • 6 February 1952 (1952-02-06)
Running time
84 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
  • West Germany
LanguageItalian

Plot

Siegfried, count of Treves, who has just married Genevieve, the beautiful daughter of the Duke of Brabant, must go to the Crusades. He then decides to leave his dear wife under the protection of Golo, his majordomo. But the latter, having coveted Genevieve in secret, takes advantage of the count being away to make advances to her. Rejected by the chaste lady, Golo falls into a fit of rage and swears revenge. He soon manages to have Genevieve falsely accused of infidelity and the poor woman, although innocent, is condemned to death. Luckily, she is spared by the executioner and hides in a cave with her baby, nourished by a roe. Six years later, Siegfried, who is hunting in this forest, comes across Genevieve and a little boy, who is also his son...[3]

Cast

References
  1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 382
  2. Harty p. 165
  3. Mistress of Treves (1952) - IMDb, retrieved 2 May 2022

Bibliography
  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
  • Harty, Kevin J. (1999). The Reel Middle Ages: American, Western and Eastern European, Middle Eastern and Asian Films About Medieval Europe. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0541-1.


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