Tormento

Anna (Yvonne Sanson) flees her home, where she has been victimized for years by her spineless father’s mean-spirited second wife, to be with her lover (Amedeo Nazzari), an honest businessman yet to make his fortune. When he is accused of a murder he didn’t commit, the couple’s domestic tranquillity is upended, and a desperate Anna must rely on her cruel stepmother to help support their child.

Film Info

  • Italy
  • 1950
  • 98 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 1.33:1
  • Italian

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Eclipse Series 27: Raffaello Matarazzo’s Runaway Melodramas

Eclipse 27: Raffaello Matarazzo

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Tormento
Cast
Amedeo Nazzari
Carlo Guarnieri
Yvonne Sanson
Anna Ferrari
Annibale Bertrone
Gateano Ferrari
Mario Ferrari
Lawyer
Teresa Franchini
Rosalina
Tina Lattanzi
Matilde Ferrari
Aldo Nicodemi
Ruffini
Giuditta Rissone
Celeste’s mother
Vittorio Sanipoli
Rossi
Roberto Murolo
Enzo Sandri
Rosalia Rendazzo
Dinuccia
Credits
Director
Raffaello Matarazzo
Producer
Goffredo Lombardo
Screenplay
Aldo De Benedetti
Story
Libero Bovio
Story
Gaspare Di Majo
Cinematography
Tino Santoni
Art direction
Ottavio Scotti
Art direction
Gino Brosio
Editing
Mario Serandrei
Music
Gino Campase

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