- Source: Napoli piange e ride
Napoli piange e ride (i. e. "Naples cries and laughs") is a 1954 Italian musical melodrama film written and directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Luciano Tajoli and Jula De Palma .
Plot
Luciano had to give up singing and his theatrical career following an accident, which made him paralyzed: he is a watchmaker. when the master blasi, a well-known Don Giovanni, discovers that Marisa, Luciano's wife, has a beautiful voice and gets her a profitable contract, the watchmaker, suspecting an affair, is saddened by it. blasi proposes to the woman to run away with him and when she refuses, she enters Marisa's house at night and tries to use violence on her. the woman reacts and in the fight blasi is mortally wounded by a shot from his own gun. Piero, the fiancé of Luciano's sister, rushes in and in a fit of generosity, to save Marisa, pleads guilty to the killing. Luciano, as he hurries home, falls from his wheelchair and suffers a serious trauma. he is exposed to the danger of becoming blind: in order to bear the cost of a difficult operation, Marisa decides to keep the contract she had canceled. the operation succeeds. the police discover piero's innocence, confirmed by marisa, who until now had been silent so as not to grieve luciano. Marisa, although cleared of all charges, feels unworthy to return to her husband; but after some time, Luciano is reunited with his wife
Cast
Luciano Tajoli as Luciano Celli
Jula De Palma as Marisa Celli
Janet Vidor as Marcella Celli
Dante Maggio as Ciccillo
Vittorio Sanipoli as Michele Blasi
Vincenzo Musolino as Pietro
Edoardo Toniolo as Commendator Alberti
Nino Milano as Gaetano
Maresa Horn as Liliana
Anna Pretolani as Carmela
Enzo Maggio as The Accordionist
Carlo Marrazzini as Gaetano
Renato Navarrini as The Doctor
References
External links
Napoli piange e ride at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Flavio Calzavara
- Napoli piange e ride
- List of films: N–O
- Alfonso Perugini
- Luciano Tajoli
- Enzo Maggio
- List of Italian films of 1954
- Vittorio Sanipoli
- Dante Maggio
- Flavio Calzavara
- Mario Albertelli