The Little Schoolmistress (1934 film)

1934 film

The Little Schoolmistress
Directed by	Guido Brignone
Written by	Guido Brignone
Based on	The Little Teacher by Dario Niccodemi
Produced by	Giuseppe Amato
Starring	Andreina Pagnani Renato Cialente Egisto Olivieri
Cinematography	Ubaldo Arata
Edited by	Giacinto Solito
Music by	Armando Fragna
Production company	Gai
Distributed by	Società Anonima Stefano Pittaluga
Release date	17 April 1934 (1934-04-17)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Little Schoolmistress (Italian: La maestrina) is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Andreina Pagnani, Renato Cialente and Egisto Olivieri. It was based on a play of the same title by Dario Niccodemi which was again adapted into a 1942 film. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Brignone's sister Mercedes Brignone had starred in a 1919 silent film version of the story directed by Eleuterio Rodolfi.

Synopsis

In a village in rural Tuscany at the turn of the twentieth century the young schoolmistress is wrongly suspected by gossips of conducting a secret romantic affair.

Cast

Andreina Pagnani as Maria Bini, la maestrina
Renato Cialente as Il podestà
Egisto Olivieri as Il commissario
Enzo Gainotti as Il bidello
Jone Frigerio as La direttrice
Mario Ferrari as Giacomo Macchia
Cesare Zoppetti as Il medico
Gina Grappasonni as Una collega di Maria

References

Goble p.344
Chiti & Poppi p.205

Bibliography

Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944. Gremese Editore, 2005.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

The Little Schoolmistress at IMDb

v t e The films of Guido Brignone
The Painting of Osvaldo Mars (1921) The Pearl of Cleopatra (1922) The Two Sergeants (1922) The Flight of Socrates (1923) Saetta Learns to Live (1924) Emperor Maciste (1924) Maciste in the Lion's Cage (1926) The Giant of the Dolomites (1927) Mary's Big Secret (1928) The Man Without Love (1929) Devotion (1929) Before the Jury (1931) The Charmer (1931) La Wally (1932) Paradise (1932) Pergolesi (1932) Just Married (1934) The Little Schoolmistress (1934) Loyalty of Love (1934) Red Passport (1935) Ginevra degli Almieri (1935) The Ancestor (1936) Beggar's Wedding (1936) Marcella (1937) To Live (1937) For Men Only (1938) Under the Southern Cross (1938) Kean (1940) Beatrice Cenci (1941) The Gorgon (1942) Disturbance (1942) Maria Malibran (1943) Baron Carlo Mazza (1948) Buried Alive (1949) The Count of Saint Elmo (1950) Il nido di Falasco (1950) The Ungrateful Heart (1951) Deceit (1952) Ivan, Son of the White Devil (1953) Storms (1953) The Courier of Moncenisio (1954) Sunset in Naples (1955) Sheba and the Gladiator (1959)

The films of Guido Brignone

The Painting of Osvaldo Mars (1921)
The Pearl of Cleopatra (1922)
The Two Sergeants (1922)
The Flight of Socrates (1923)
Saetta Learns to Live (1924)
Emperor Maciste (1924)
Maciste in the Lion's Cage (1926)
The Giant of the Dolomites (1927)
Mary's Big Secret (1928)
The Man Without Love (1929)
Devotion (1929)
Before the Jury (1931)
The Charmer (1931)
La Wally (1932)
Paradise (1932)
Pergolesi (1932)
Just Married (1934)
The Little Schoolmistress (1934)
Loyalty of Love (1934)
Red Passport (1935)
Ginevra degli Almieri (1935)
The Ancestor (1936)
Beggar's Wedding (1936)
Marcella (1937)
To Live (1937)
For Men Only (1938)
Under the Southern Cross (1938)
Kean (1940)
Beatrice Cenci (1941)
The Gorgon (1942)
Disturbance (1942)
Maria Malibran (1943)
Baron Carlo Mazza (1948)
Buried Alive (1949)
The Count of Saint Elmo (1950)
Il nido di Falasco (1950)
The Ungrateful Heart (1951)
Deceit (1952)
Ivan, Son of the White Devil (1953)
Storms (1953)
The Courier of Moncenisio (1954)
Sunset in Naples (1955)
Sheba and the Gladiator (1959)

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