Prisoners of Darkness

{{short description|1952 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Prisoners of Darkness

| image = File:Prisoners of Darkness.jpg

| caption =

| director = Enrico Bomba

| producer = Sandro Bomba

| based_on = La cieca di Sorrento by Francesco Mastriani

| writer = Weiss Ruffilli

| narrator =

| starring = Milly Vitale
Folco Lulli
Eduardo Ciannelli

| music = Carlo Innocenzi

| cinematography = Tino Santoni

| editing = Edmond Lozzi

| studio = Bomba Film

| distributor = Zeus Film

| released = {{Film date|1952}}

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| budget =

}}

Prisoners of Darkness ({{langx|it|Prigionieri delle tenebre}}) is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Enrico Bomba and starring Milly Vitale, Folco Lulli and Eduardo Ciannelli.Chiti & Poppi p.289 The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. It is based on the 1852 novel La cieca di Sorrento by Francesco Mastriani.

Plot

Bourbon Naples. Oliviero Pisani is the son of Amedeo Pisani, who kills the Marchesa Rionero during a theft in the villa of the Rionero marquises. Oliviero goes to study in London and becomes a great ophthalmologist who will restore sight to the daughter of the marquise, Beatrice, who became blind due to Amedeo during the robbery in the villa.{{Citation |last=Bomba |first=Enrico |title=Prigionieri delle tenebre |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045051/ |type=Drama |publisher=Bomba e Ci. |access-date=2022-05-02}}

Cast

References

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Bibliography

  • Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.