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The Adulteress
The Adulteress
	Film poster
Directed by	Duilio Coletti
Written by	Tullio Pinelli (play) ; Ugo Betti
Produced by	Francesco Leoni
Starring	Clara Calamai ; Roldano Lupi ; Carlo Ninchi ; Delia Brandi
Cinematography	Ubaldo Arata
Edited by	Gabriele Varriale
Music by	Enzo Masetti
Production; company	Grandi Film
Distributed by	Artisti Associati
Release date	16 May 1946;
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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The Adulteress (Italian: L'adultera) is a 1946 Italian melodrama film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Clara Calamai, Roldano Lupi and Carlo Ninchi. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. Calamai received the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for her performance.^[1]

Cast

Clara Calamai as Velca
Roldano Lupi as Tarquinio
Carlo Ninchi as Dante Viburzi
Delia Brandi as Quirina
Dino Di Luca as Egidio Viburzi
Carlo Romano as Il fattore
Angelo Calabrese [it] as Il padre di Velca
Gualtiero Tumiati as Il vecchio indovino
Ernesto Bianchi as Un contadino
Bianca Avalise as Lucia
Cesare Polacco as Il vecchio dei gioielli
Eugenio Duse as Il compratore dei terreni
Giovanni Onorato as Un contadino sul biroccio
Luigi Garrone [it] as Un ospite alla festa di battesimo
Alfredo Martinelli as Un altro ospite alla festa di battesimo

Production

The film can be ascribed to the strand of sentimental melodramas, commonly called tearjerkers (later renamed by critics as appendix neorealism), then very much in vogue among Italian audiences.

It was made at the Scalera Film plants in Rome.

Because of the film's theme, adultery (then considered a crime against morality in Italy), it was heavily censored, with several scenes being cut.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

An ambitious peasant woman agrees to marry a very rich but crude and elderly landowner. In the process she leaves her fiancé who skips town. The marriage is not happy and after a few years the husband reproaches the woman for not having given him a child as he threatens to disinherit her in case of his death. Meanwhile, her ex-boyfriend returns to town and an incurable passion ignites between the two that leads to adultery. A son is soon born from the illicit relationship and the husband, unaware of the affair, announces great celebrations. But the young man does not want to adapt to the fiction and demands that she and the child run away with him. Faced with her refusal, she reveals the truth to her husband who savagely kills her lover in revenge. Obsessed with remorse, the woman goes crazy.

References

^ Moliterno p.58

Bibliography

Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

The Adulteress at IMDb

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[1] Moliterno p.58

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-'''''The Adulteress''''' (Italian:'''''L'adultera''''') is a 1946 Italian [[drama film]] directed by [[Duilio Coletti]] and starring [[Clara Calamai]], [[Roldano Lupi]] and [[Carlo Ninchi]]. It was shot at the [[Scalera Studios]] in [[Rome]]. Calamai received the [[Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress]] for her performance.<ref>Moliterno p.58</ref>
+'''''The Adulteress''''' (Italian: '''''L'adultera''''') is a 1946 Italian [[melodrama film]] directed by [[Duilio Coletti]] and starring [[Clara Calamai]], [[Roldano Lupi]] and [[Carlo Ninchi]]. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in [[Rome]]. Calamai received the [[Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress]] for her performance.<ref>Moliterno p.58</ref>
 ==Cast==
-* [[  Clara Calamai]] as Velca
+* [[Clara Calamai]] as Velca
 * [[Roldano Lupi]] as Tarquinio
 * [[Carlo Ninchi]] as Dante Viburzi
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 * [[Dino Di Luca]] as Egidio Viburzi
 * [[Carlo Romano]] as Il fattore
-* [[Angelo Calabrese]] as Il padre di Velca
+* {{ill|Angelo Calabrese|it|Angelo Calabrese}} as Il padre di Velca
 * [[Gualtiero Tumiati]] as Il vecchio indovino
 * [[Ernesto Bianchi]] as Un contadino
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 * [[Eugenio Duse]] as Il compratore dei terreni
 * [[Giovanni Onorato]] as Un contadino sul biroccio
-* [[Luigi Garrone]] as Un ospite alla festa di battesimo
+* {{ill|Luigi Garrone|it|Luigi Garrone}} as Un ospite alla festa di battesimo
 * [[Alfredo Martinelli]] as  Un altro ospite alla festa di battesimo
+== Production ==
+The film can be ascribed to the strand of sentimental melodramas, commonly called tearjerkers (later renamed by critics as appendix neorealism), then very much in vogue among Italian audiences.
+It was made at the [[Scalera Film]] plants in [[Rome]].
+Because of the film's theme, adultery (then considered a crime against morality in Italy), it was heavily censored, with several scenes being cut.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
+== Plot ==
+An ambitious peasant woman agrees to marry a very rich but crude and elderly landowner. In the process she leaves her fiancé who skips town. The marriage is not happy and after a few years the husband reproaches the woman for not having given him a child as he threatens to disinherit her in case of his death. Meanwhile, her ex-boyfriend returns to town and an incurable passion ignites between the two that leads to adultery. A son is soon born from the illicit relationship and the husband, unaware of the affair, announces great celebrations. But the young man does not want to adapt to the fiction and demands that she and the child run away with him. Faced with her refusal, she reveals the truth to her husband who savagely kills her lover in revenge. Obsessed with remorse, the woman goes crazy.
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