Malaspina (film)

Malaspina is a 1947 Italian melodrama film directed by Armando Fizzarotti and starring Vera Rol, Aldo Bufi Landi and Rino Genovese. It is a melodrama, based on a popular song of the same name. Its story of female wrongdoing and ultimate redemption was characteristic of Neapolitan-style cinema.

Synopsis
A young woman promises to be faithful to her lover when he goes off to fight in the Second World War. However, in his absence she becomes a prostitute and takes up with a notorious criminal. When her real love returns he kills her new boyfriend. Deeply ashamed of her conduct, she becomes a nun.

Reception
The film revived the Naples film-industry, which had largely disappeared during the Fascist era when Italian filmmaking was concentrated in Rome. The film was released in the United States, where it proved popular with Italian-American audiences.

Cast

 * Vera Rol as Maria, detta 'Malaspina'
 * Aldo Bufi Landi as Andrea
 * Rino Genovese as Gaetano
 * Ugo D'Alessio as Nicola
 * Vittoria Crispo as Teresina
 * Carmelo Capurro
 * Nicola Pouthod
 * Alberto Amato
 * Gino Vittorio