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The Song of Love (Italian: La canzone dell'amore) is a 1930 Italian romance film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Dria Paola, Isa Pola and Elio Steiner. It was the first Italian talking film.[1][2] Alessandro Blasetti's film Resurrection was actually shot first, but delays meant that it was not released until 1931.[3]

The Song of Love
Directed by	Gennaro Righelli
Written by	Giorgio Simonelli Gennaro Righelli
Produced by	Stefano Pittaluga for CINES
Starring	Dria Paola Isa Pola Elio Steiner Mercedes Brignone
Cinematography	Ubaldo Arata Massimo Terzano
Edited by	Leo Menardi Gennaro Righelli
Music by	Cesare Andrea Bixio
Distributed by	Pitaluga
Release date	7 October 1930 (1930-10-07) (Italy)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The film was first publicly screened on 7 October 1930 at the Supercinema in Rome. The story was based on a novella by Luigi Pirandello, In Silenzio.

The film was shot at the Cines-Pittaluga studios in Rome in three different versions: Italian, French and German using different casts and directors.

Cast

• Dria Paola as Lucia
• Isa Pola as Anna
• Elio Steiner as Enrico
• Mercedes Brignone as La governante
• Camillo Pilotto as Alberto Giordani, il padre
• Olga Capri as La padrona di casa
• Nello Rocchi as Marietto detto 'Ninì'
• Umberto Sacripante as Amico di Enrico
• Geni Sadero as La dirimpettaia
• Franz Sala
• Ermete Tamberlani
• Renato Malavasi
• Gino Mercuriali

References

Bibliography

• Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

• The Song of Love at IMDb

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