Casta diva

Synopsis

Martha Eggerth heads the cast of Casta Diva, but the central character is famed Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini, here played by American actor Phillips Holmes. Paying but scant attention the facts, the film concentrates on Bellini's colorful love life. Evidently the film went through several rewriting processes, as witness the curious performances of Donald Calthrop and Arthur Margetson, whose characters do complete about-faces halfway through the story. Amidst so many British accents, Martha Eggerth's Polish intonations seem out of place, but she photographs beautifully and sings quite well. Casta Diva was attractively filmed on location in Naples. Not to be confused with the 1954 remake (by Gallone himself) or to the English language version "The Divine Spark" (also directed by Gallone and starred by Eggerth).

Main Cast

Mártha Eggerth

Maddelena Fumarol

Age : 101 | Popularity : 7%

Sandro Palmieri

Vincenzo Bellini

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Gualtiero Tumiati

Niccolò Paganini

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Lamberto Picasso

Fumaroli

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

Achille Majeroni

Gioacchino Rossini

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Lina Marengo

a guest

Age : 76 | Popularity : 7%

Giulio Donadio

Felice Romani

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ennio Cerlesi

Ernesto Toti

Age : 50 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Franz Planer Massimo Terzano
Production	Producer	Giuseppe Amato William Szekeley
Writing	Writer	Walter Reisch
Directing	Director	Carmine Gallone
Editing	Editor	Fernando Tropea
Department	Role	Name

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