Ave Maria (1920 film)

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Ave Maria
Directed by Memmo Genua
Diana Karenne
Written by Gaetano Campanile-Mancini
Cinematography Gioacchino Gengarelli
Production
company
Tespi Film
Distributed byTespi Film
Release date
  • August 1920 (1920-08)
CountryItaly
LanguagesSilent
Italian intertitles

Ave Maria is a 1920 Italian silent film directed by Memmo Genua and Diana Karenne. [1]

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Plot

The story of an aristocratic mother who, having suffered from being unable to cross class boundaries, allows her daughter to marry a poor man.

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References

  1. Stewart p.52

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