Yvonne of the Night

Yvonne of the Night
Directed by	Giuseppe Amato
Written by	Fabrizio Sarazani Oreste Biancoli Giuseppe Amato
Produced by	Giuseppe Amato Angelo Rizzoli
Starring	Totò Olga Villi Gino Cervi
Cinematography	Mario Craveri
Edited by	Maria Rosada
Music by	Pasquale Frustaci
Production companies	Amato Film Rizzoli Film
Distributed by	ENIC
Release date	24 November 1949 (1949-11-24)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Yvonne of the Night (Italian: Yvonne la Nuit) is a 1949 Italian melodrama film directed by Giuseppe Amato and starring Totò, Olga Villi, and Frank Latimore.^[1][2][3] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin.

Synopsis

The son of a count engages in a romantic relationship with a popular entertainer much to the disgust of his father. While the son is apparently killed fighting for Italy during the First World War, his pregnant lover gives birth to a child.

Cast

• Totò as Nino, il fantasista
• Olga Villi as Nerina Comi
• Frank Latimore as Lt. Carlo Rutelli
• Giulio Stival as Count Rutelli
• Eduardo De Filippo as Lawyer Rubini
• Gino Cervi as Colonel Baretti
• Arnoldo Foà as Senator
• John Strange as Major Tremiti
• Ave Ninchi as Sora Rudegarda
• Paola Veneroni as Rosetta
• Mario Riva as Ragazzo delle sigarette
• Arturo Dominici as Official

References

1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
2. Alberto Anile. I film di Totò (1946-1967): la maschera tradita. Le mani, 1998. ISBN 8880120808.
3. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

External links

• Yvonne of the Night at IMDb