Malombra is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Isa Miranda, Andrea Checchi and Irasema Dilián. It is based on the novel Malombra by Antonio Fogazzaro, which had previously been adapted into a 1917 silent film of the same title. It was made at Cinecittà with sets designed by Gino Brosio. It was produced by Riccardo Gualino's Lux Film. It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style.
The film is a gothic melodrama, set in the castle on the edge of Lake Como during the Nineteenth century.
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Cast
Isa Miranda as Marina di Malombra
Andrea Checchi as Corrado Silla
Irasema Dilián as Edith Steinegge
Gualtiero Tumiati as Il conte Cesare d'Ormengo
Nino Crisman as Nepo Salvador
Enzo Biliotti as Il commendator Napoleone Vezza
Ada Dondini as Fosca Salvador
Giacinto Molteni as Andrea Steinegge
Corrado Racca as Padre Tosi
Luigi Pavese as Il professore Binda
Nando Tamberlani as Don Innocenzo
Doretta Sestan as Fanny
Paolo Bonecchi as Il dottor Pitour
Elvira Bonecchi as Giovanna, la governante
Giovanni Barrella as L'ispettore della cartiera
Giacomo Moschini as Giorgio Mirovitch, il notaio
Anna Huala as La governante di Fosca
Locations
The movie was shot in the Villa Pliniana, Torno (Como). (Info by the Dizionario del Turismo Cinematografico)