The Two Orphans (1942 film)

The Two Orphans
Directed by	Carmine Gallone
Written by	Guido Cantini
Based on	The Two Orphans by Adolphe d'Ennery Eugène Cormon
Produced by	Federico Curioni Carmine Gallone
Starring	Alida Valli María Denis Osvaldo Valenti Roberto Villa
Cinematography	Anchise Brizzi
Edited by	Niccolò Lazzari
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Production company	Grandi Film
Distributed by	Industrie Cinematografiche Italiane
Release date	16 August 1942 (1942-08-16)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Two Orphans (Italian: Le due orfanelle) is a 1942 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Alida Valli, María Denis and Osvaldo Valenti.^[1] It was based on the play The Two Orphans by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon, one of many film adaptations. It was made at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini.

Cast

• Alida Valli as Enrichetta
• María Denis as Luisa
• Osvaldo Valenti as Pietro
• Roberto Villa as Ruggero de Vaudray
• Otello Toso as Giacomo
• Gilda Marchiò as Madame Frochard
• Germana Paolieri as Marianna
• Memo Benassi as Il conte di Linières
• Tina Lattanzi as La contessa Diana di Linières
• Enrico Glori as Il marchese di Presle
• Guido Celano as Monsieur Gérard
• Pio Campa as Marais
• Adele Garavaglia as Suor Genoveffa
• Umberto Spadaro as Il custode della stazione
• Giuseppe Varni as Picard, il cameriere
• Ruggero Capodaglio
• Marisa Dianora
• Edvige Elisabeth
• Giulio Panicali
• Luigi Pavese
• Aldo Silvani
• Edda Soligo
• Aris Valeri

See also

• The Two Orphans (1915)
• Orphans of the Storm (1921)
• The Two Orphans (1933)
• The Two Orphans (1954)
• The Two Orphans (1965)
• The Two Orphans (1976)

References

1. Nowell-Smith, Hay & Volpi p.57

Bibliography

• Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey & Hay, James & Volpi, Gianni. The Companion to Italian Cinema. Cassell, 1996.

External links

• The Two Orphans at IMDb