The Vow (1950 film)

{{Short description|1950 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Vow

| image = File:The Vow (1950 film).png

| caption =

| director = Mario Bonnard

| producer = Angelo Iacono

| based_on = {{based on|The Vow
188 play|Salvatore Di Giacomo}}{{cite journal | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/737344 | jstor=737344 | title=Giordano's 'Mala vita': A 'verismo' Opera Too True to be Good | last1=Sansone | first1=Matteo | journal=Music & Letters | date=1994 | volume=75 | issue=3 | pages=381–400 | doi=10.1093/ml/75.3.381 }}

| writer = Mario Bonnard

| starring = Doris Duranti
Giorgio De Lullo
Maria Grazia Francia

| music = Giulio Bonnard

| cinematography = Tonino Delli Colli

| editing = Gino Talamo

| studio = Ara Film

| distributor = Indipendenti Regionali

| released = {{Film date|1950|09|30|df=yes}}

| runtime = 94 minutes

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| budget =

}}

The Vow ({{langx|it|Il voto}}) is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Doris Duranti, Giorgio De Lullo and Maria Grazia Francia.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|date=1991 |publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876055487}} It is based on a play of the same title by Salvatore Di Giacomo.Goble p.125 Future star Sophia Loren played a small, uncredited role. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.

Plot

During the absence of her husband, who left for a fishing cruise in the seas of China, Carmela falls under the spell of Vito, a young fisherman.

Cast

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References

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Bibliography

  • Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.