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| Piccolo mondo antico |
Film poster |
| Directed by |
Mario Soldati |
| Produced by |
Carlo Ponti (uncredited) |
| Written by |
Antonio Fogazzaro (novel)
Mario Bonfantini (adaptation) |
| Starring |
Alida Valli |
| Music by |
Enzo Masetti |
| Cinematography |
Arturo Gallea (outdoors)
Carlo Montuori (indoors) |
| Editing by |
Gisa Radicchi Levi (uncredited) |
| Distributed by |
Industrie Cinematografiche Italiane |
| Release date(s) |
10 April 1941 |
| Running time |
106 minutes |
| Country |
Italy |
| Language |
Italian |
| IMDb profile |
Some scenes from the film.
Piccolo mondo antico, also known as Old-Fashioned World , is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and based on the 1895 novel by Antonio Fogazzaro.
[edit] Plot summary
Franco (Massimo Serato), a young man of noble descent, decides to marry Luisa (Alida Valli), daughter of a humble clerk, against his grandmother's will. But a terrible tragedy upsets the life of the newly married couple: their little daughter Maria drowns in Lake Como and Luisa goes to the brink of madness.
| Actor |
Role |
| Alida Valli |
Luisa Rigey Maironi |
| Massimo Serato |
Franco Maironi |
| Ada Dondini |
La marchesa Orsola Maironi |
| Annibale Betrone |
Zio Piero |
| Mariù Pascoli |
Maria Maironi |
| Giacinto Molteni |
Il professore Beniamino Gilardoni |
| Elvira Bonecchi |
La signora Barborin Pasotti |
| Enzo Biliotti |
Il signor Pasotti |
| Renato Cialente |
Von Greisberg |
| Adele Garavaglia |
La signora Teresa Rigey |
| Carlo Tamberlani |
Don Costa |
| Giovanni Barrella |
Il curato di Puria |
| Nino Marchetti |
Pedraglio, il cospiratore |
| Giorgio Constantini |
L'avvocato di Varenna |
| Jone Morino |
Donna Eugenia |
| Anna Carena |
Carlotta, la cameriera della marchesa |
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