Rita of Cascia (film) explained

Rita of Cascia (Italian: Rita da Cascia) is a 1943 Italian historical film directed by Antonio Leonviola and starring Elena Zareschi, Ugo Sasso and Beatrice Mancini.^[1] It was made at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film portrays the life of the Catholic saint Rita of Cascia.

Cast

• Elena Zareschi as Rita da Cascia
• Ugo Sasso as Paolo di Ferdinando
• Beatrice Mancini as Ada
• Marcello Giorda as Antonio, il padre di Rita
• Laura Nucci as Jacoviella
• Augusto Marcacci as Il barone di Collegiacone
• Elodia Maresca as Amata
• Teresa Franchini as La madre superiore
• Stefano Sciaccaluga as Il pellegrino
• Giulio Battiferri as Lampo, il servo spia del barone
• Gian Paolo Rosmino as Frate Remigio
• Luigi Garrone as Il taverniere
• Umberto Spadaro as Il delatore nella taverna
• Giovanni Onorato as Un cliente nella taverna
• Amina Pirani Maggi as Una suora
• Nera Bruni as Un'altra suora
• Vittoria Mongardi as Una conversa
• Elio Marcuzzo as Gian Giacomo
• Aleardo Ward as Paolo Maria
• Umberto Leurini as Gian Giacomo da bambino
• Amedeo Leurini as Paolo Maria da bambino
  • Adele Garavaglia Lamberto Picasso

References

1. Nerenberg p. 85

Bibliography

• Nerenberg, Ellen Victoria. Prison Terms: Representing Confinement During and After Italian Fascism. University of Toronto Press, 2001.