Passionate Song

Passionate Song (Italian: Canzone appassionata) is a 1953 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Nilla Pizzi, Gérard Landry and Vira Silenti.^[1]

Passionate Song
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Directed by	Giorgio Simonelli
Written by	Manolo Bolognini Gino De Santis Jacques Rémy Alberto Vecchietti Luigi Zampa
Produced by	Luigi Carpentieri Ermanno Donati
Starring	Nilla Pizzi Gérard Landry Vira Silenti
Cinematography	Carlo Montuori
Edited by	Elsa Dubbini
Music by	Nino Oliviero
Production company	Athena Cinematografica
Distributed by	ENIC
Release date	20 November 1953 (1953-11-20)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

Lucia Spinelli, orphaned by both parents, is taken as a housekeeper in the house of Mrs. Carla Parodi, when she reaches the age of majority, the young woman is almost forced to marry Mrs. Carla's brother. After the marriage and the birth of the first child, Parodi's intrusions on the life of the two spouses continue. At the age of five, the little girl is sent to a college at Carla's suggestion, leaving Lucia in solitude, filled by the presence of Alberto, a shady individual who, after becoming her lover, pushes her to work as a singer in a nightclub. After leaving her husband, Lucia continues her work in the show that will take her around the world, but when she returns, after a few years, she will see her daughter again and will have the sad news about Alberto's attempts to take advantage of the young woman, in the dramatic final Lucia will kill Alberto.

Cast

• Nilla Pizzi as Lucia Spinelli
• Gérard Landry as Albert Dupont
• Vira Silenti as Fiorella
• Cesare Fantoni as Lorenzo Parodi
• Elisa Cegani as Carla Parodi
• Umberto Spadaro as Il Commissario
• Carlo Tusco as Franco
• Paola Quattrini as Fiorella di Piccola
• France Degand as Blondie
• Gaetano Verna as Avv. del Divorzio
• Luisa Rivelli as Amante de Alberto
• Nino Cavalieri as Bernardini
• Zoe Incrocci as Prostituta alla Stazione
• Mario Passante as L'Impresario Vitale
• Giusi Raspani Dandolo as La Turista
• Guido Barbarisi as Lo Snob
• Bruno Cantalamessa as L'Algerino
• Umberto Aquilino as Compratore dei Gioielli
• Gigi Reder as Un Turista