The Cliff of Sin (Italian: La scogliera del peccato) is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Gino Cervi, Margarete Genske and Delia Scala.[1]
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| Directed by | Roberto Bianchi Montero |
| Written by | Enzo Avitabile Roberto Bianchi Montero Mario Galatrona Fulvio Palmieri |
| Starring | Gino Cervi Margarete Genske Delia Scala |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Aquari Carlo Nebiolo |
| Edited by | Guido Bertoli |
| Music by | Alberto De Castello |
Production company | International Urania Film |
| Distributed by | Regionale Minerva Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. It was initially distributed by regional independents before being given a second release by Minerva Film in 1951.
Plot
editIschia. Stella, a fatal woman, joins Silvano, her old lover, who has been living isolated and alcoholic for some time in a hut on the island. To achieve her purpose, to seize her possessions, she does not hesitate to poison him. Immediately after she seduces Paolo, a young fisherman, and involves him in the trafficking of a gang of smugglers, so much so that he gives up on marrying Anna, she promises to him. Michele, the girl's brother, returns to the island just to make Paolo retrace her steps but he too yields to Stella's charm, becoming her lover and her accomplice in six trafficking of her. However, he is arrested and sentenced. Having served his sentence, he discovers the woman with Paolo and the two begin to fight. It just so happens that she is the woman who falls into the sea and dies. The two men, free from temptation, can resume their friendship.[2]
Cast
edit- Gino Cervi as Silvano
- Margarete Genske as Stella
- Delia Scala as Anna
- Otello Toso as Michele
- Ermanno Randi as Paolo
- Olga Solbelli as Maria
- Amedeo Trilli
- Gustavo Serena
- Virginia Balestrieri
- Leopoldo Valentini as Giovanni
References
edit- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 978-88-7605-548-5.
- ^ La Scogliera del Peccato (1952) - Roberto Bianchi Montero | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie, retrieved 2022-04-29
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