Farewell, My Beautiful Naples (1946 film)

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Farewell, My Beautiful Naples
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Directed by Mario Bonnard
Written by Ernesto Murolo (play)
Mario Bonnard
Starring Fosco Giachetti
Vera Carmi
Clelia Matania
Cinematography Gábor Pogány
Edited by Gino Talamo
Music by Franco Casavola
Production
company
Idea Film
Distributed byIndipendenti Regionali
Release date
  • 1946 (1946)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Farewell, My Beautiful Naples (Italian: Addio, mia bella Napoli!) is a 1946 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Fosco Giachetti, Vera Carmi and Clelia Matania. [1] It is based on a 1910 play which had previously been made into a 1917 silent film of the same title. Location shooting took place around Naples, including at Pompeii, Amalfi and Capri.

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Synopsis

In Naples, a local composer falls in love with an American tourist.

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  1. Brunetta p.111

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