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The Secret Lover

Directed by	Carmine Gallone
Written by	Gherardo Gherardi
Produced by	Federico Curloni Carmine Gallone
Starring	Alida Valli Fosco Giachetti Vivi Gioi Osvaldo Valenti
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Music by	Felice Montagnini
Production company	Grandi Film
Distributed by	ICI
Release date	27 September 1941 (1941-09-27)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Secret Lover (Italian: L'amante segreta) is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti and Vivi Gioi. It was made at Cinecittà in Rome.

Plot

After her tutor embezzles and squanders her inheritance, a young woman is forced to seek work in a series of different occupations.

Cast

Alida Valli as Renata Croci
Fosco Giachetti as Giorgio Amholt
Vivi Gioi as Diana Ponzio
Osvaldo Valenti as Valentini
Luigi Almirante as Il pittore Riganti
Camillo Pilotto as Giacomo Mori
Ada Dondini as Antonia Mori
Bella Starace Sainati as La contessa Bianca Lotti
Anita Farra as Teresa Amholt
Luigi Pavese as Melchiorri
Carlo Lombardi as L'attore Mario Fulvi
Arturo Bragaglia as Il ragionere
Jacchi Gambino as Krick
Claudio Ermelli as Il cameriere Ottaviano
Giuseppe Pierozzi as Marini
Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as Il barone
Marina Doge as Un'amica di Renata
Fedele Gentile as Un amico di Renata
Mario Giannini as Un amico di Renata
Mara Landi as Un'amica di Renata
Alfredo Martinelli as Un cliente dell'albergo
Edda Soligo as La cameriera dell'albergo
Alfredo Varelli as Un amico di Renata
Giuseppe Varni as Il portiere dell'albergo

References

Nowell-Smith, Hay & Volpi p.57

Bibliography

Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey & Hay, James & Volpi, Gianni. The Companion to Italian Cinema. Cassell, 1996.

External links

The Secret Lover at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Carmine Gallone
Il bacio di Cirano (1913) The Naked Truth (1914) Senza colpa! (1915) Flower of Evil (1915) The Wedding March (1915) Sotto le tombe (1915) Avatar (1916) La falena (1916) Malombra (1917) The Thirteenth Man (1917) La storia di un peccato (1918) Redemption (1919) A Doll Wife (1919) The Sea of Naples (1919) On with the Motley (1920) The Faces of Love (1924) The Fiery Cavalcade (1925) The Last Days of Pompeii (1926) The City of a Thousand Delights (1927) Pawns of Passion (1928) Land Without Women (1929) Ship in Distress (1929) The Singing City (1930) City of Song (1931) My Cousin from Warsaw (1931) A Son from America (1932) Sailor's Song (1932) Going Gay (1933) My Heart Calls You (1934) Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934) My Heart Is Calling You (1934) My Heart is Calling (1935) Casta Diva (1935) If It Were Not for Music (1935) The Divine Spark (1935) Thank You, Madame (1936) Mother Song (1937) Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937) Giuseppe Verdi (1938) Marionette (1939) The Dream of Butterfly (1939) Eternal Melodies (1940) Love Me, Alfredo! (1940) Manon Lescaut (1940) Beyond Love (1940) The Secret Lover (1941) First Love (1941) The Two Orphans (1942) The Queen of Navarre (1942) Odessa in Flames (1942) Harlem (1943) Sad Loves (1943) The Song of Life (1945) Biraghin (1946) Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946) The Lady of the Camellias (1947) The Legend of Faust (1949) The Force of Destiny (1950) Night Taxi (1950) Messalina (1951) We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952) Fatal Desire (1953) Puccini (1953) Madame Butterfly (1954) House of Ricordi (1954) Casta Diva (1954) Mata Hari's Daughter (1954) Don Camillo's Last Round (1955) Michel Strogoff (1956) Tosca (1956) Carthage in Flames (1960) Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961) Carmen di Trastevere (1962) La monaca di Monza (1962)

Films directed by Carmine Gallone

Il bacio di Cirano (1913)
The Naked Truth (1914)
Senza colpa! (1915)
Flower of Evil (1915)
The Wedding March (1915)
Sotto le tombe (1915)
Avatar (1916)
La falena (1916)
Malombra (1917)
The Thirteenth Man (1917)
La storia di un peccato (1918)
Redemption (1919)
A Doll Wife (1919)
The Sea of Naples (1919)
On with the Motley (1920)
The Faces of Love (1924)
The Fiery Cavalcade (1925)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1926)
The City of a Thousand Delights (1927)
Pawns of Passion (1928)
Land Without Women (1929)
Ship in Distress (1929)
The Singing City (1930)
City of Song (1931)
My Cousin from Warsaw (1931)
A Son from America (1932)
Sailor's Song (1932)
Going Gay (1933)
My Heart Calls You (1934)
Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934)
My Heart Is Calling You (1934)
My Heart is Calling (1935)
Casta Diva (1935)
If It Were Not for Music (1935)
The Divine Spark (1935)
Thank You, Madame (1936)
Mother Song (1937)
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)
Giuseppe Verdi (1938)
Marionette (1939)
The Dream of Butterfly (1939)
Eternal Melodies (1940)
Love Me, Alfredo! (1940)
Manon Lescaut (1940)
Beyond Love (1940)
The Secret Lover (1941)
First Love (1941)
The Two Orphans (1942)
The Queen of Navarre (1942)
Odessa in Flames (1942)
Harlem (1943)
Sad Loves (1943)
The Song of Life (1945)
Biraghin (1946)
Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946)
The Lady of the Camellias (1947)
The Legend of Faust (1949)
The Force of Destiny (1950)
Night Taxi (1950)
Messalina (1951)
We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952)
Fatal Desire (1953)
Puccini (1953)
Madame Butterfly (1954)
House of Ricordi (1954)
Casta Diva (1954)
Mata Hari's Daughter (1954)
Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
Michel Strogoff (1956)
Tosca (1956)
Carthage in Flames (1960)
Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961)
Carmen di Trastevere (1962)
La monaca di Monza (1962)

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