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1948 film

Assunta Spina
Magnani and Landi in a film scene
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Written by	Eduardo De Filippo Gino Capriolo
Based on	Assunta Spina by Salvatore Di Giacomo
Produced by	Paolo Frascá Vittorio Mottini
Starring	Anna Magnani Eduardo De Filippo Antonio Centa Aldo Bufi Landi
Cinematography	Gábor Pogány
Edited by	Fernando Tropea
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Production company	Ora Film
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	11 March 1948 (1948-03-11)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Assunta Spina is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Anna Magnani, Antonio Centa and Giacomo Furia. It was adapted from Salvatore Di Giacomo's 1909 play of the same title. It was released in the United States with the title Scarred. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome and on location in Naples. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. Distributed by Titanus it earned around 70 million lira at the domestic box office.

Plot

The film takes place in Naples at the turn of the twentieth century. Assunta, a passionate and impulsive woman, is scarred on the face by her lover Michele for making him jealous. He is sentenced to serve two years in prison in Avellino, despite her efforts to exonerate him at the trial. While he is inside she begins a relationship with a court official. When Michele is released and kills the man, she chooses to take the blame for the crime.

Cast

Anna Magnani as Assunta Spina
Eduardo De Filippo as Michele Boccadifuoco
Antonio Centa as Chancellor Federico Funelli
Aldo Bufi Landi as Brigadier Marcello Flaiano
Titina De Filippo as Emilia Forcinelli
Giacomo Furia as Tittariello
Ugo D'Alessio as Epanimonda Pesce
Pietro Carloni as President of the Court
Aldo Giuffrè as Brigadier Mancuso

References

Camhi, Leslie (2007). "New York Times: Assunta Spina". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema Italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991. p. 46-47.

External links

Assunta Spina at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Mario Mattoli
Full Speed (1934) I Love You Only (1935) The Man Who Smiles (1936) Sette giorni all'altro mondo (1936) La Damigella di Bard (1936) Music in the Square (1936) The Last Days of Pompeo (1937) These Children (1937) Felicita Colombo (1937) Destiny (1938) Triumph of Love (1938) Nonna Felicità (1938) A Lady Did It (1938) The Lady in White (1938) At Your Orders, Madame (1939) We Were Seven Widows (1939) Defendant, Stand Up! (1939) Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939) Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei? (1939) Abandonment (1940) The Pirate's Dream (1940) Non me lo dire! (1940) Light in the Darkness (1941) Schoolgirl Diary (1941) I Live as I Please (1942) Invisible Chains (1942) The Three Pilots (1942) The Lady Is Fickle (1942) Sealed Lips (1942) Nothing New Tonight (1942) The Valley of the Devil (1943) Lively Teresa (1943) Anything for a Song (1943) The Last Wagon (1943) The Za-Bum Circus (1944) Life Begins Anew (1945) Departure at Seven (1946) The Two Orphans (1947) Toto Tours Italy (1948) Fear and Sand (1948) Cab Number 13 (1948) Assunta Spina (1948) Little Lady (1949) The Firemen of Viggiù (1949) Adam and Eve (1949) Totò Tarzan (1950) The Merry Widower (1950) The Elusive Twelve (1950) The Cadets of Gascony (1950) Toto the Sheik (1950) Toto the Third Man (1951) The Steamship Owner (1951) Arrivano i nostri (1951) My Heart Sings (1951) Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951) Five Paupers in an Automobile (1952) Sardinian Vendetta (1952) Neapolitan Turk (1953) Siamo tutti inquilini (1953) Funniest Show on Earth (1953) Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954) Toto Seeks Peace (1954) The Doctor of the Mad (1954) Poverty and Nobility (1954) L'ultimo amante (1955) Eighteen Year Olds (1955) I giorni più belli (1956) Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957) Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics (1958) Move and I'll Shoot (1958) Tipi da spiaggia (1959) Prepotenti più di prima (1959) Non perdiamo la testa (1959) Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959) Gentlemen Are Born (1960) Un mandarino per Teo (1960) Appuntamento a Ischia (1960) Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960) Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961) Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961) Appuntamento in riviera (1962) 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962) Obiettivo ragazze (1963) Corpse for the Lady (1964) For a Few Dollars Less (1966)

Films directed by Mario Mattoli

Full Speed (1934)
I Love You Only (1935)
The Man Who Smiles (1936)
Sette giorni all'altro mondo (1936)
La Damigella di Bard (1936)
Music in the Square (1936)
The Last Days of Pompeo (1937)
These Children (1937)
Felicita Colombo (1937)
Destiny (1938)
Triumph of Love (1938)
Nonna Felicità (1938)
A Lady Did It (1938)
The Lady in White (1938)
At Your Orders, Madame (1939)
We Were Seven Widows (1939)
Defendant, Stand Up! (1939)
Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939)
Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei? (1939)
Abandonment (1940)
The Pirate's Dream (1940)
Non me lo dire! (1940)
Light in the Darkness (1941)
Schoolgirl Diary (1941)
I Live as I Please (1942)
Invisible Chains (1942)
The Three Pilots (1942)
The Lady Is Fickle (1942)
Sealed Lips (1942)
Nothing New Tonight (1942)
The Valley of the Devil (1943)
Lively Teresa (1943)
Anything for a Song (1943)
The Last Wagon (1943)
The Za-Bum Circus (1944)
Life Begins Anew (1945)
Departure at Seven (1946)
The Two Orphans (1947)
Toto Tours Italy (1948)
Fear and Sand (1948)
Cab Number 13 (1948)
Assunta Spina (1948)
Little Lady (1949)
The Firemen of Viggiù (1949)
Adam and Eve (1949)
Totò Tarzan (1950)
The Merry Widower (1950)
The Elusive Twelve (1950)
The Cadets of Gascony (1950)
Toto the Sheik (1950)
Toto the Third Man (1951)
The Steamship Owner (1951)
Arrivano i nostri (1951)
My Heart Sings (1951)
Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951)
Five Paupers in an Automobile (1952)
Sardinian Vendetta (1952)
Neapolitan Turk (1953)
Siamo tutti inquilini (1953)
Funniest Show on Earth (1953)
Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954)
Toto Seeks Peace (1954)
The Doctor of the Mad (1954)
Poverty and Nobility (1954)
L'ultimo amante (1955)
Eighteen Year Olds (1955)
I giorni più belli (1956)
Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957)
Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics (1958)
Move and I'll Shoot (1958)
Tipi da spiaggia (1959)
Prepotenti più di prima (1959)
Non perdiamo la testa (1959)
Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959)
Gentlemen Are Born (1960)
Un mandarino per Teo (1960)
Appuntamento a Ischia (1960)
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960)
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961)
Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961)
Appuntamento in riviera (1962)
5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962)
Obiettivo ragazze (1963)
Corpse for the Lady (1964)
For a Few Dollars Less (1966)

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