The Lady of Monza
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| name = The Lady of Monza
| image = The Lady of Monza.jpg
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| director = Eriprando Visconti
| writer = Eriprando Visconti
Gian Piero Bona
| starring =
| music = Ennio Morricone
| cinematography =Luigi Kuveiller
| editing =
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| released = {{Film date|1969|2|26}}
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| language = Italian
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The Lady of Monza ({{langx|it|La monaca di Monza}}, also known as The Awful Story of the Nun of Monza and The Nun of Monza) is a 1969 Italian historical drama film directed by Eriprando Visconti. It is loosely based on the real life events of Marianna de Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza", whose story was made famous by Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed.{{cite book|last=Paolo Mereghetti|title=Il Mereghetti|publisher=B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010|isbn=8860736269}}{{cite book|last=Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2007|isbn=8884405033}}
Premise
A nun is raped and then falls in love with her attacker. She is tortured and burned alive.
Cast
- Anne Heywood: Virginia de Leyva
- Hardy Krüger: Father Paolo Arrigone
- Antonio Sabàto: Giampaolo
- Tino Carraro: Monsignor Barca
- Luigi Pistilli: Count de Fuentes
- Carla Gravina: Caterina da Meda
- Margarita Lozano: Sister Benedetta Homati
- Caterina Boratto: Sister Francesca Imbersaga
- Giovanna Galletti: Sister Angela Sacchi
- Anna Maria Alegiani: Sister Ottavia Ricci
- Laura Belli: Sister Candida Colomba
- Renzo Giovampietro: Vicar Saraceno
- Pier Paolo Capponi: Count Taverna
- Maria Michi: Sister Bianca Homati
Reception
The film was huge a box office success in Italy, grossing over $3 million.{{cite magazine|title=Anne Heywood plays a tormented nun|url=https://archive.org/details/hollywood-studio-magazine-1969-11/page/n14/mode/1up|date=November 1969|magazine=Hollywood Studio Magazine|page=1A-2A}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0064682}}
- [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-lady-of-monza/ Lady of Monza] at Letterbox DVD
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Category:Films directed by Eriprando Visconti
Category:Films scored by Ennio Morricone
Category:Films about clerical celibacy
Category:Italian historical drama films
Category:1960s historical drama films
Category:Cultural depictions of Italian people
Category:1960s Italian-language films
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