Paolo e Francesca

Duration: 92 min

Release date: 1950-02-28

IMDB

The tragic love story, already narrated by Dante in his Inferno, of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta. Francesca is married to Paolo's brother, Gianciotto an old and crippled man and secretly Paolo's mistress. When Gianciotto finds out tragedy ensues.

Romance History Drama

Paolo e Francesca

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as Francesca da Rimini

as Gianciotto Malatesta

Armando Francioli

Armando Francioli

as Paolo Malatesta

Nino Marchesini

Nino Marchesini

as King's Astrologer

as Il giullare di corte

as Servitore (uncredited)

as La Madre Badessa

Enzo Musumeci Greco

Enzo Musumeci Greco

as Capitan Manfredi

as Capitano Usodimare

Giulio Tomasini

Giulio Tomasini

as Capitan Verucchio

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Raffaello Matarazzo

Raffaello Matarazzo

Vittorio Nino Novarese

Vittorio Nino Novarese

Alessandro Cicognini

Alessandro Cicognini

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Valentino Brosio

Valentino Brosio

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Vittorio Calvino

Vittorio Calvino

Raffaello Matarazzo

Raffaello Matarazzo

Production Design

Mario Serandrei

Mario Serandrei

Giuseppe Bordogni

Giuseppe Bordogni

Production Manager

Claudio Forges Davanzati

Claudio Forges Davanzati

First Assistant Director

Rometta Pietrostefani

Rometta Pietrostefani

Script Supervisor

Anacleto Giustini

Anacleto Giustini

Veniero Colasanti

Veniero Colasanti

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