La Prima notte (1959)
Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti

Comedy / Romance
aka: Venetian Honeymoon

Film Synopsis

Isabelle de Santos, the widow of a Brazilian, is invited to Venice by Soso, an oil tycoon.  Her arrival provokes considerable gossip amongst the idle rich.  A barman, Alfredo, hires a young painter named Gérard to steal her jewels.  Like any good Italian, Gérard does not allow a professional engagement to get in the way of his leisure pursuits.  Before he knows it, he is head over heels in love with Isabelle.  In the end, Isabelle has to confess that she is penniless...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
  • Script: Jean Ferry, Claude-André Puget, Abel Hermant (novel), Luciano Vincenzoni
  • Cinematographer: Gianni Di Venanzo
  • Music: Jean Françaix, Carlo Rustichelli
  • Cast: Martine Carol (Isabelle dos Santos), Vittorio De Sica (Alfredo), Philippe Nicaud (Gérard Chevalier), Claudia Cardinale (Angelica), Marthe Mercadier (Antoinette Sophronides), Jacques Sernas (Bob Lebel), Giacomo Furia (Stanislas), Don Ziegler (Aristide Sophronides), Brigitte Juslin (Barbara), Ivan Dominique (John), Tonino Lenza (Sebastiano), Martita Hunt (Lisa Bradwell), André Versini (Le Marquis Thierry Lepel), Ave Ninchi (Yolanda), Mario Cianfanelli (Bépi)
  • Country: Italy / France
  • Language: Italian
  • Support: Color (Technicolor)
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: Venetian Honeymoon ; Les Noces Vénitiennes

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