Jealousy (Italian: Gelosia) is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Pietro Germi and starring Erno Crisa, Marisa Belli and Vincenzo Musolino. It is based on the 1901 novel Il Marchese di Roccaverdina by Luigi Capuana.[1][2] It was shot on location around Belmonte Mezzagno in Sicily. The story had previously been made into a 1942 film of the same title.
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Directed by | Pietro Germi |
Written by | Giuseppe Mangione Giuseppe Berto Pietro Germi |
Based on | Il Marchese di Roccaverdina by Luigi Capuana |
Produced by | Emimmo Salvi Mario Silvestri |
Starring | Erno Crisa Marisa Belli Vincenzo Musolino |
Cinematography | Leonida Barboni |
Edited by | Rolando Benedetti |
Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
Production company | Excelsa Film |
Distributed by | Minerva Film |
Release date | 29 September 1953 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
At the church, Rocco, steward on the lands of a landowner, the Marquis of Roccaverdina, marries the beautiful peasant girl Agrippina. But he was shot twice. Justice arrests and condemns a certain Neli. In truth, the assassin is the marquis himself who had contracted a sham marriage with the young woman so that she would remain his mistress...[3]
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