Lost in the Dark (Italian: Sperduti nel buio) is a 1914 Italian silent drama film directed by Nino Martoglio and starring Giovanni Grasso Sr., Maria Carmi and Virginia Balestrieri. Documenting life in the slums of Naples, it is considered a precursor to the Italian neorealism movement of the 1940s and 1950s.[1] The only known surviving copy of this film was destroyed by Nazi German forces during World War II.[2] The film is based on a 1901 play of the same title by Roberto Bracco.
| Lost in the Dark | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Nino Martoglio |
| Written by | Roberto Bracco (play and screenplay) |
| Starring | |
| Edited by | Nino Martoglio |
| Music by | E. de Leva |
Production company | Morgana Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Languages | Silent Italian intertitles |
Cast
edit- Giovanni Grasso Sr. as Nunzio the blind man
- Maria Carmi as Livia Blanchard
- Virginia Balestrieri as Paolina
- Vittorina Moneta as Paolina's mother
- Dillo Lombardi as Duke of Vallenza
- Totò Majorana as Nunzio's stepfather
- Gina Benvenuti as Nunzio's mother
- Maria Balistrieri
- Ettore Mazzanti
References
edit- ^ Katz, Ephraim (2001), "Italy", The Film Encyclopedia, HarperResource, pp. 682–685, ISBN 978-0060742140
- ^ Reich & Garofalo p.83
Bibliography
edit- Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.
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