Sleeping Beauty
Directed by	Luigi Chiarini
Written by	Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondo (play) Umberto Barbaro Vitaliano Brancati Luigi Chiarini
Starring	Luisa Ferida Amedeo Nazzari Osvaldo Valenti Teresa Franchini
Cinematography	Carlo Montuori
Edited by	Maria Rosada
Music by	Achille Longo
Production company	Società Italiana Cines
Distributed by	ENIC
Release date	6 September 1942 (1942-09-06)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Sleeping Beauty (Italian: La bella addormentata) is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Chiarini and starring Luisa Ferida, Amedeo Nazzari and Osvaldo Valenti.^[1] The film was screened at the 1942 Venice Film Festival. It is based on a 1919 play by Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondo. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style.

Cast

• Luisa Ferida as Carmela
• Amedeo Nazzari as Salvatore detto 'Il Nero della solfara'
• Osvaldo Valenti as Don Vincenzo Caramandola
• Teresa Franchini as Zia Agata
• Pina Piovani as Nunziata
• Margherita Bossi as Donna Concetta, la barista
• Giovanni Dolfini as Isidoro
• Guido Celano as Lo solfataro
• Angelo Dessy as Un altro solfataro
• Fiorella Betti as Erminia detta "Pepespezie"
• Gildo Bocci as Un mercante

References

Bibliography

• Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.
• Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Sleeping Beauty at IMDb

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