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1954 French film

Casta Diva

Directed by	Carmine Gallone
Written by	Luigi Filippo D'Amico Carmine Gallone Léo Joannon Walter Reisch Age & Scarpelli
Starring	Antonella Lualdi Nadia Gray Maurice Ronet
Cinematography	Marco Scarpelli
Edited by	Niccolò Lazzari
Production companies	Documento Film Franco London Films Le Louvre Film
Distributed by	Diana Cinematografica
Release date	1954 (1954)
Running time	98 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	Italian

Casta Diva is a 1954 Italian-French biographical melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone. It is a remake of Gallone's 1935 film with the same name.

Plot

The film tells the fictionalized biography of the famous musician Vincenzo Bellini, who lived in the 19th century and died at the age of 34.

Cast

Antonella Lualdi as Maddalena Fumaroli
Nadia Gray as Giuditta Pasta
Maurice Ronet as Vincenzo Bellini
Fausto Tozzi as Gaetano Donizetti
Jacques Castelot as Ernesto Tosi
Marina Berti as Beatrice Turina
Renzo Ricci as Giudice Fumaroli
Jean Richard as Fiorillo
Paola Borboni as Miss Monti
Lauro Gazzolo as Domenico Barbaja
Danilo Berardinelli as Niccolò Paganini
Renzo Giovampietro as Saverio Mercadante
Camillo Pilotto as Rettore Conservatorio
Luigi Tosi as Felice Romani
Dante Maggio as Il pazzariello
Nino Vingelli as Il guappo

References

Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

External links

Casta Diva at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Carmine Gallone
Il bacio di Cirano (1913) The Naked Truth (1914) Senza colpa! (1915) Flower of Evil (1915) The Wedding March (1915) Sotto le tombe (1915) Avatar (1916) La falena (1916) Malombra (1917) The Thirteenth Man (1917) La storia di un peccato (1918) Redemption (1919) A Doll Wife (1919) The Sea of Naples (1919) On with the Motley (1920) The Faces of Love (1924) The Fiery Cavalcade (1925) The Last Days of Pompeii (1926) The City of a Thousand Delights (1927) Pawns of Passion (1928) Land Without Women (1929) Ship in Distress (1929) The Singing City (1930) City of Song (1931) My Cousin from Warsaw (1931) A Son from America (1932) Sailor's Song (1932) Going Gay (1933) My Heart Calls You (1934) Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934) My Heart Is Calling You (1934) My Heart is Calling (1935) Casta Diva (1935) If It Were Not for Music (1935) The Divine Spark (1935) Thank You, Madame (1936) Mother Song (1937) Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937) Giuseppe Verdi (1938) Marionette (1939) The Dream of Butterfly (1939) Eternal Melodies (1940) Love Me, Alfredo! (1940) Manon Lescaut (1940) Beyond Love (1940) The Secret Lover (1941) First Love (1941) The Two Orphans (1942) The Queen of Navarre (1942) Odessa in Flames (1942) Harlem (1943) Sad Loves (1943) The Song of Life (1945) Biraghin (1946) Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946) The Lady of the Camellias (1947) The Legend of Faust (1949) The Force of Destiny (1950) Night Taxi (1950) Messalina (1951) We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952) Fatal Desire (1953) Puccini (1953) Madame Butterfly (1954) House of Ricordi (1954) Casta Diva (1954) Mata Hari's Daughter (1954) Don Camillo's Last Round (1955) Michel Strogoff (1956) Tosca (1956) Carthage in Flames (1960) Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961) Carmen di Trastevere (1962) La monaca di Monza (1962)

Films directed by Carmine Gallone

Il bacio di Cirano (1913)
The Naked Truth (1914)
Senza colpa! (1915)
Flower of Evil (1915)
The Wedding March (1915)
Sotto le tombe (1915)
Avatar (1916)
La falena (1916)
Malombra (1917)
The Thirteenth Man (1917)
La storia di un peccato (1918)
Redemption (1919)
A Doll Wife (1919)
The Sea of Naples (1919)
On with the Motley (1920)
The Faces of Love (1924)
The Fiery Cavalcade (1925)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1926)
The City of a Thousand Delights (1927)
Pawns of Passion (1928)
Land Without Women (1929)
Ship in Distress (1929)
The Singing City (1930)
City of Song (1931)
My Cousin from Warsaw (1931)
A Son from America (1932)
Sailor's Song (1932)
Going Gay (1933)
My Heart Calls You (1934)
Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934)
My Heart Is Calling You (1934)
My Heart is Calling (1935)
Casta Diva (1935)
If It Were Not for Music (1935)
The Divine Spark (1935)
Thank You, Madame (1936)
Mother Song (1937)
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)
Giuseppe Verdi (1938)
Marionette (1939)
The Dream of Butterfly (1939)
Eternal Melodies (1940)
Love Me, Alfredo! (1940)
Manon Lescaut (1940)
Beyond Love (1940)
The Secret Lover (1941)
First Love (1941)
The Two Orphans (1942)
The Queen of Navarre (1942)
Odessa in Flames (1942)
Harlem (1943)
Sad Loves (1943)
The Song of Life (1945)
Biraghin (1946)
Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946)
The Lady of the Camellias (1947)
The Legend of Faust (1949)
The Force of Destiny (1950)
Night Taxi (1950)
Messalina (1951)
We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952)
Fatal Desire (1953)
Puccini (1953)
Madame Butterfly (1954)
House of Ricordi (1954)
Casta Diva (1954)
Mata Hari's Daughter (1954)
Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
Michel Strogoff (1956)
Tosca (1956)
Carthage in Flames (1960)
Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961)
Carmen di Trastevere (1962)
La monaca di Monza (1962)

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