Difendo il mio amore (1957)
Directed by Giulio Macchi, Vincent Sherman

Drama
aka: Defend My Love

Film Synopsis

To save his ailing newspaper, an editor has the bright idea of looking up people who have been involved in long-forgotten scandalous affairs and publishing stories on their private lives.  The first of his victims is a young woman, Elisa, who became a celebrity during a criminal trial.  Her reputation tarnished by this affair, Elisa married Pietro and together they raised Angela, the daughter that Elisa had with another man who was killed during the war.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Giulio Macchi, Vincent Sherman
  • Script: Ettore Giannini (story), Suso Cecchi D'Amico (story), Giorgio Prosperi, Jacques Robert
  • Cinematographer: Gianni Di Venanzo
  • Music: Renzo Rossellini
  • Cast: Martine Carol (Elisa Leonardi), Vittorio Gassman (Giovanni Marchi), Gabriele Ferzetti (Pietro Leonardi), Charles Vanel (Verdisio), Giorgia Moll (Orietta), Maria Del Gesso (Angela), Arnoldo Foà (Il avvocato), Clelia Matania (Emma), Alan Furlan (Il propietario del giornale), Elena Altieri, Loris Gizzi, Diane Graves, Enrico Glori, Anna Maria Del Fra, Gertrude Flynn, Mino Doro, Manno De Guidi, Antonella Della Porta, Cecyl Tryan, Gustavo De Nardo
  • Country: Italy / France
  • Language: Italian
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 95 min
  • Aka: Defend My Love

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