Nobody's Children (1951 film)

Nobody's Children
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Directed by	Raffaello Matarazzo
Written by	Ruggero Rindi (novel) Aldo De Benedetti Raffaello Matarazzo
Produced by	Goffredo Lombardo Raffaello Matarazzo
Starring	Amedeo Nazzari Yvonne Sanson Françoise Rosay
Cinematography	Rodolfo Lombardi
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Salvatore Allegra
Production companies	Titanus Labor Films
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	22 November 1951 (1951-11-22)
Running time	102 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	Italian

Nobody's Children (Italian:I figli di nessuno) is a 1951 French-Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson and Françoise Rosay.^[1] It is one of a series of melodramas co-starring Nazzari and Sanson, which were very popular at the box office. The owner of a marble quarry falls in love with the daughter with one of his employees, and they have a baby together. However his mother attempts to sabotage the relationship with tragic consequences.

It was followed by the 1955 sequel The White Angel.

Synopsis

Cast

• Amedeo Nazzari: Guido Canali
• Yvonne Sanson: Luisa Fanti/Sister Addolorata
• Françoise Rosay: Contessa Canali
• Folco Lulli: Anselmo Vannini
• Enrica Dyrell: Elena
• Teresa Franchini: Marta
• Gualtiero Tumiati: Padre Demetrio
• Alberto Farnese: Poldo
• Aristide Baghetti: Bernardo Fanti, father of Luisa
• Enrico Glori: Rinaldi
• Olga Solbelli: Mother Superior
• Nino Marchesini: il dottore
• Rita Livesi: la suora
• Giulio Tomasini: Antonio
• Enrico Olivieri: Bruno
• Rosalia Randazzo: Alda
• Felice Minotti: custode
• Loris Gizzi: direttore del collegio

References

1. Moliterno p.292

Bibliography

• Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Nobody's Children at IMDb
• Nobody's Children at the TCM Movie Database