She portrays assunta spina, a neapolitan woman in love with the passional michele. Assunta francesca bertini viene sfregiata dallamante geloso, michele gustavo serena che viene processato e condannato. Join us for a rare screening of this silent italian drama with a new live score by sevenpiece band the badwills, followed by italian folk dancing in the grand setting of st andrews in the square. Based on the novel and play by salvatore di giacomo, this film tells of a neopolitan workingclass girl whose livelihood and honor is constantly threatened by those more powerful than herself. Assunta spina lopera e le rappresentazioni teatrali.
Italian actress, francesca bertini, born elena seracini vitiello, was an internationally known star of silent films, particularly assunta spina 1915 and was known as italys first major female star. Assunta spina stars francesca bertini, one of italian cinemas greatest silent diva actresses, smouldering onscreen as shes caught up in a violent love triangle. Assunta spina the last diva italian silent screen goddess francesca bertini appears in her most famous role in assunta spina, an operatic tale of love and sacrifice in turn of the century naples after being assaulted by her jealous lover michele gustavo serena, assunta bertini becomes the mistress of a corrupt don carlo benetti so she can visit michele while he is in prison. They fight and michele is sent to prison for two years for assault. Assunta spina is a laundress living in naples, engaged to a violent butcher named michele mangiafuoco. By contrast, the opening of il fuoco, detailing the first encounter of the owlwoman and the burly artist, is as rigorous a piece of editing that ive seen anywhere at the period. With francesca bertini, gustavo serena, carlo benetti, luciano albertini. Before francesca bertini became a famous actress, she would perform in this drama as a walkon in the laundry scenes. Cb01 assunta spina 1915 streaming ita film completo.
Assunta spina fills the frame with layers of depth above and first still below. Assunta spina 1915 film streaming ita cb01 altadefinizione, guarda. Closeup cinema, shoreditch, london 29 november 2017 warning. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing assunta spina near you. Bertini, the daughter of a theatrical actress, began performing on stage while she was still a teenager. Assunta spina con francesca bertini gustavo serena carlo benetti luciano albertini 1915. Assunta spina is a tragedy set in naples at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Although italys film industry as a whole suffered badly during the war years, bertini films continued to appear regularly and her popularity soared once more in the early 1920s with. Join facebook to connect with assunta spina and others you may know. Assunta spina film 1947 jump to navigation jump to search. Assunta spina, film diretto a francesca bertini e gustavo serena 1915 assunta spina, film diretto a roberto roberti 1930. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this wikipedia article constitutes fair use. Assunta spina opens on a view of the bay of naples. Hes enough of a jerk to send michele an anonymous note, suggesting that assunta has been unfaithful. Though i imagine many also came to see the spectacle of the carbonarc projectoreven the. With so many overblown historical epics coming out of italy in the preworld war i era, the simplicity and naturalism assunta. One of the consequences of wwi for cinema was that italy and france lost their places as the leading developers of it and the united states started making more and more.
Outside italy, it is sometimes known as sangue napolitano neapolitan blood. Assunta spina is without a doubt one of the unforgettable films of italian silent cinema. She is dating the butcher michele coauthor and director gustavo serena, but her former beau raffaele keeps hanging around, making michele jealous. Assunta spina is a film film tv through drama lasting 180 min. Francesca bertini, gustavo serena, carlo benetti click here to watch the film imdb wikipedia based on the eponymous play by salvatore di giacomo later one of the signatories of the manifesto of the fascist intellectuals, this melodrama where the two codirectors are. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. In 1914 world war i begun in europe, at first italy didnt take part in it, but in may 1915 it joined the allied powers.
Assunta spina played by francesca bertini is a poor but beautiful laundress in naples, italy. Assunta and michele are in love but others come between them and there is much jealousy. Adapted from a play of the same title by salvatore di giacomo, assunta spina represents the excellence of the happy partnership between film and the dramatic repertory of italian verismo that developed in the mid 1910s with the legendary founding film sperduti nel buio, now unfortunately lost. Silent italian drama concerning a passionate love triangle. The camera looks out on an empty dock with rowboats bobbing in the water and then. Assunta spina 1915 a laundry workers francesca bertini fiance gustavo serena kills her admirer carlo benetti, but she takes the blame. Assunta spina is one of these film and a very good one. Project gutenberg offers 61,814 free ebooks to download. Assunta spina1915 stars francesca bertini, one of italian cinemas greatest silent diva actresses smouldering onscreen as shes torn between the men who. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The diva showcase was particularly popular in the vibrant italian silent cinema, and the outdoor screening of assunta spina gustavo serena, 1915, featuring the charismatic francesca bertini, proved their enduring appeal, drawing a soldout crowd. Codir francesca bertini uncredited and gustavo serena, st salvatore di giacomo caesar film italy 1915 cas francesca bertini. Francesca bertini was the first diva of italian movies.
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