"Elena" cannot marry the man she loves, so enters into a loveless marriage with the wealthy "Andrea". Gradually she falls in love with him, but he never reciprocates. Things become further complicated when a letter from her first love "Carlo" is discovered.
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14 people
Amedeo Nazzari
Andrea Morandi
Known for
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The Sicilian Clan
Myriam Bru
Elena D'Alberti
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Vera Carmi
Paola
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Andrea Checchi
Antonio
Known for
Black Sunday
Two Women
Umberto Melnati
Notary Dupré
Also in
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Maria Pia Casilio
Giannina
Known for
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Umberto D.
Isa Barzizza
Ortensia Duprè
Known for
Neapolitan Turk
Totó in color
Giorgio De Lullo
Carlo
Also in
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Eugenia Grandet
Rolf Tasna
Giorgio d'Alberti
Known for
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
Charles Fawcett
Known for
Kaliman, the Incredible Man
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Maria Zanoli
Known for
White Nights
Europa '51
Enzo Biliotti
Known for
Totò Looking for a House
Giacomo Gentilomo Director · Leonardo Benvenuti Screenplay Sandro Continenza Screenplay
Director
Giacomo Gentilomo
Screenplay
Leonardo Benvenuti
Screenplay
Sandro Continenza
Screenplay
Liana Ferri
Author
Adolphe d'Ennery
Author
Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois
Composer
Nino Rota
Cinematographer
Anchise Brizzi
Editor
Elsa Dubbini
Production designer
Alberto Boccianti
Costume designer
Georges Annenkov
First release August 20, 1954 · Produced in Italy · Original title Appassionatamente
Production
Rizzoli Film
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Appassionatamente
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · August 20, 1954
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
November 9, 1955 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 1, 1957 · Theatrical
Portugal
July 28, 1955 · Theatrical
Spain
June 22, 1959 · Theatrical
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