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
- Milly Vitale as Beatrice Rionero
- Folco Lulli as Amedeo Pisani
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Marquis Rionero
- Lucien Gallas as Tommaso Basileo
- Giulia Lazzarini as Tina
- Franco Malavasi as Totonno
- Roberto Bruni as Cav. Amadeo Checco
- Armando Francioli as Oliviero Pisani
- Alberto Farnese
- Franco Pesce
References
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Bibliography
- Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id =0045051|title =Prisoners of Darkness}}
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Category:1950s Italian-language films
Category:1950s melodrama films
Category:Italian black-and-white films
Category:Films set in the 19th century
Category:1950s historical films
Category:Italian historical films
Category:Films based on Italian novels
Category:Films scored by Carlo Innocenzi
Category:Films based on works by Francesco Mastriani
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