The Force of Destiny (film)
The Force of Destiny (Italian: La forza del destino) is a 1950 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Nelly Corradi, Tito Gobbi and Gino Sinimberghi.[1] It is based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera La forza del destino.
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| Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
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| Cinematography | Aldo Giordani |
| Edited by | Niccolò Lazzari |
| Music by | Giuseppe Verdi (opera) |
Production company | Produzione Gallone |
| Distributed by | Union Film |
Release date | 24 January 1950 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin.
Plot
The love of Don Alvaro for Leonora. He accidentally kills her father, who while dying calls upon his son for vengeance. Eventually the two meet with dramatic results.[2]
Cast
- Nelly Corradi as Donna Leonora
- Gino Sinimberghi as Don Alvaro
- Tito Gobbi as Don Carlos
- Giulio Neri as Padre Guardiano
- Vito De Taranto as Frà Melitone
- Mira Vargas as Preziosilla
- John Kitzmiller as Lo scudiero moro
- Fausto Tommei as Il marchese di Calatrava
- Giuseppe Varni as Il pellegrino caritatevole
- Nerio Bernardi as Don Angelo Saavedra
- Paola Dalgas as Dana
- Pina Piovani as Cameriera di Leonora
- Giovanni Onorato as Giocatore di Carte
- Silvana Pampanini
- Galliano Masini as Alvaro (voice)
- Caterina Mancini as Leonora (voice)
- Cloe Elmo as Preziosilla (voice)
References
- Aprà, p. 93
- "The Force of Destiny | work by Verdi | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
Bibliography
- Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian Cinema 1929–1944. Electa International, 1979.
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