Casta Diva (1954 film)

Casta Diva is a 1954 Italian-French biographical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone. It is a remake of Gallone's 1935 film with the same name.

Plot
The film tells the fictionalized biography of the famous musician Vincenzo Bellini, who lived in the 19th century and died at the age of 34.

Cast

 * Antonella Lualdi as Maddalena Fumaroli
 * Nadia Gray as Giuditta Pasta
 * Maurice Ronet as Vincenzo Bellini
 * Fausto Tozzi as Gaetano Donizetti
 * Jacques Castelot as Ernesto Tosi
 * Marina Berti as Beatrice Turina
 * Renzo Ricci as Giudice Fumaroli
 * Jean Richard as Fiorillo
 * Paola Borboni as Miss Monti
 * Lauro Gazzolo as Domenico Barbaja
 * Danilo Berardinelli as Niccolò Paganini
 * Renzo Giovampietro as Saverio Mercadante
 * Camillo Pilotto as Rettore Conservatorio
 * Luigi Tosi as Felice Romani
 * Dante Maggio as Il pazzariello
 * Nino Vingelli as Il guappo