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La lupa (also known as She-Wolf, The Vixen and The Devil Is a Woman) is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada.

La lupa
Directed by	Alberto Lattuada
Written by	Ennio De Concini Alberto Lattuada Alberto Moravia Ivo Perilli
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis Carlo Ponti
Cinematography	Aldo Tonti
Edited by	Leo Catozzo
Music by	Felice Lattuada
Release date	25 September 1953
Language	Italian

It is based on the novella with the same name by Giovanni Verga.[1][2]

Synopsis

In a remote village in southern Italy, La Lupa ("The Wolf"), a woman with a free attitude and manners, fascinates and attracts husbands and sons who can't resist her. However, she falls in love with Nanni, who grows olive trees and wants to marry her daughter, Maricchia. At her mother's urging, Maricchia marries Nanni. But "the Wolf" still lurks around the latter, to the great despair of Maricchia, his daughter. Overwhelmed, Nanni then decides to kill "the Wolf" ... which will have an atrocious end.

Adaptation

It should also be noted that Giovanni Verga later made a theatrical adaptation (1896) - one of the plays was directed by Franco Zeffirelli with Anna Magnani and Lucia Bosé in 1965 - and then a libretto. For a musical melodrama, in collaboration with De Robertis, composed by Giacomo Puccini and then G.-A. Tasca and represented in 1933.

Cast

• Kerima: The 'She-Wolf'
• Ettore Manni: Nanni Lasca
• May Britt: Maria Maricchia
• Ignazio Balsamo: Don Antonio Malerba
• Mario Passante: Imbornone
• Giovanna Ralli: Agnese
• Salvo Libassi: Raffaele
• Anna Arena: Giovanna Vasilio
• Maurizio Arena

References

External links

• La lupa at IMDb

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