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Paolo e Francesca

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.

1h 32m1950TMDb 9.0

RomanceHistoryDrama

Italian

Crew and Cast

Raffaello MatarazzoRaffaello MatarazzoDirectorOdile VersoisOdile VersoisFrancesca da RiminiAndrea ChecchiAndrea ChecchiGianciotto MalatestaArmando FrancioliArmando FrancioliPaolo MalatestaNino MarchesiniNino MarchesiniCount GuidoAldo SilvaniAldo SilvaniKing's Astrologer
Dedi RistoriOrnellaRoberto MuroloRoberto MuroloIl giullare di corteSergio FantoniSergio FantoniServitore
Angela LavagnaLa Madre Badessa
Enzo Musumeci GrecoCapitan Manfredi
Guido MorisiCapitano Usodimare
Giulio TomasiniCapitan Verucchio

Storyline

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.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
28 February 1950
Runtime
1h 32m
TMDB score
9.0 / 10 (1 votes)

Production

Director
Raffaello Matarazzo
Writers
Vittorio Nino Novarese, Vittorio Calvino, Raffaello Matarazzo
Studios
Lux Film
Countries
Italy

Languages

Original
Italian
Spoken
Italian