Raffaello Matarazzo

The White Angel

The White Angel

In The White Angel,, Raffaello Matarazzo’s sequel to his blockbuster Nobody’s Children, the perpetually put-upon Guido and Luisa (Amedeo Nazzari and Yvonne Sanson) return for a new round of trials and tribulations. This time, the reversals of fortune are even more insanely ornate, a plot twist involving doppelgängers beats Vertigo to the punch by three years, and the whole thing climaxes with a jaw-dropping women-in-prison set piece.

Film Info

  • Italy
  • 1955
  • 100 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 1.33:1
  • Italian

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Eclipse Series 27: Raffaello Matarazzo’s Runaway Melodramas

Eclipse 27: Raffaello Matarazzo

DVD Box Set

4 Discs

$41.96

The White Angel
Cast
Amedeo Nazzari
Count Guido Canali
Yvonne Sanson
Lina Mercolin/Sister Addolorata (Luisa)
Enrica Dyrell
Elena Carani
Alberto Farnese
Poldo
Flora Lillo
Flora
Philippe Hersent
Mario La Torre
Nerio Bernardi
Advocate Rossi
Virgilio Riento
Dr. Marini
Emilio Cigoli
Prison warden
Rosalia Rendazzo
Alda
Olga Solbelli
Mother Superior
Credits
Director
Raffaello Matarazzo
Producer
Goffredo Lombardo
Screenplay
Aldo De Benedetti
Story
Raffaello Matarazzo
Story
Giovanna Soria
Story
Piero Pierotti
Cinematography
Tonino Delli Colli
Art direction
Ottavio Scotti
Art direction
Gino Brosio
Editing
Mario Serandrei
Music
Michele Cozzoli

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