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For the Love of Mariastella (Italian: Malacarne, also known as Turi della tonnara) is a 1946 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Pino Mercanti. Based on a story of the Sicilian writer Giuseppe Zucca, it was mainly shot in the tonnara of Castellammare del Golfo, with some scenes shot in the tonnaras of Scopello and of San Vito Lo Capo.[1][2] It is considered as a progenitor of pink neorealism.[3]

For the Love of Mariastella
Directed by	Pino Mercanti
Screenplay by	Pino Mercanti Giuseppe Zucca Natale Di Cristina
Story by	Giuseppe Zucca Ovidio Imara
Produced by	O.F.S. Palermo
Starring	Otello Toso
Cinematography	Giuseppe La Torre
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Release date	December 12, 1946 (1946-12-12)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Cast

• Otello Toso as Turi della Tonnara, aka 'Malacarne'
• Mariella Lotti as Mariastella
• Amedeo Nazzari as Zù Bastiano
• Umberto Spadaro as Fifi the Hunchback
• Giovanni Grasso jr. as Raìs Pietro
• Natale Cirino as the Trapanese
• Anna Silena as Maruzza
• Carlo Sposito as Rosalino
• Rosetta Romano as Donna Agatina
• Salvatore Chimenti as Don Papò

References

External links

• For the Love of Mariastella at IMDb

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