For the Love of Mariastella (Italian: Malacarne, also known as Turi della tonnara) is a 1946 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Pino Mercanti. Based on a story of the Sicilian writer Giuseppe Zucca, it was mainly shot in the tonnara of Castellammare del Golfo, with some scenes shot in the tonnaras of Scopello and of San Vito Lo Capo.[1][2] It is considered as a progenitor of pink neorealism.[3]
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| Directed by | Pino Mercanti |
| Screenplay by | Pino Mercanti Giuseppe Zucca Natale Di Cristina |
| Story by | Giuseppe Zucca Ovidio Imara |
| Produced by | O.F.S. Palermo |
| Starring | Otello Toso |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe La Torre |
| Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Cast
edit- Otello Toso as Turi della Tonnara, aka 'Malacarne'
- Mariella Lotti as Mariastella
- Amedeo Nazzari as Zù Bastiano
- Umberto Spadaro as Fifi the Hunchback
- Giovanni Grasso jr. as Raìs Pietro
- Natale Cirino as the Trapanese
- Anna Silena as Maruzza
- Carlo Sposito as Rosalino
- Rosetta Romano as Donna Agatina
- Salvatore Chimenti as Don Papò
References
edit- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
- ^ Stefano Beccastrini (2005). Idea di un'isola: viaggio cinematografico nell'ambiente naturale e culturale della Sicilia. Aska, 2005. ISBN 8875420572.
- ^ Umberto Cantone (14 December 2014). "Pino Mercanti, palermitano di cappa e spada". La Repubblica. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
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