The Ungrateful Heart

The Ungrateful Heart
German release poster
Directed by	Guido Brignone
Written by	Mario Monicelli Steno Guido Brignone Gaspare Cataldo Liana Ferri Ivo Perilli
Produced by	Romolo Laurenti Giulio Manenti
Starring	Carla Del Poggio Frank Latimore Gabriele Ferzetti
Cinematography	Mario Albertelli
Edited by	Jolanda Benvenuti
Music by	Armando Fragna
Production company	Manenti Film
Distributed by	Manenti Film
Release date	11 October 1951 (1951-10-11)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Ungrateful Heart (Neapolitan: Core 'ngrato) is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Carla Del Poggio, Frank Latimore and Gabriele Ferzetti.^[1] It takes its name from the Neapolitan song "Core 'ngrato". It was released in West Germany in 1953.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.

Cast

• Carla Del Poggio as Elena Franzosi
• Frank Latimore as Enrico De Marchi
• Gabriele Ferzetti as Giorgio Suprina
• Tina Lattanzi as Elvira De Marchi - Enrico's Mother
• Stefania Monti as The Opera Singer Battistona
• Olga Solbelli as Sorella Eugenia Battistoni
• Carlo Sposito as Anselmo
• Giovanna Galletti as Signora Lopez
• Olinto Cristina
• Nino Pavese
• Delore Fambri
• Nerio Bernardi
• Franco Pastorino
• Filippo Scelzo
• Guglielmo Barnabò
• Armando Migliari
• Massimo Pianforini
• Rossana Rory as Ada
• Elvira Betrone as Suora
• Emma Baron
• Liana Del Balzo
• Ugo Attanasio
• Anita Durante
• Francesca Uberti
• Gisella Monaldi
• Carlo Simoncelli
• Paolo Modugno
• Aldo Seguna

References

1. Forgacs & Gundle p.29

Bibliography

• Forgacs, David & Gundle, Stephen. Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War. Indiana University Press, 2007.

External links

• The Ungrateful Heart at IMDb