The Cliff of Sin

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The Cliff of Sin
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Directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero
Written byEnzo Avitabile
Roberto Bianchi Montero
Mario Galatrona
Fulvio Palmieri
Starring Gino Cervi
Margarete Genske
Delia Scala
Cinematography Carlo Nebiolo [1]
Edited by Guido Bertoli
Music byAlberto De Castello
Production
company
International Urania Film
Distributed byRegionale
Minerva Film
Release date
  • 1950 (1950)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

The Cliff of Sin (Italian : La scogliera del peccato) is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Gino Cervi, Margarete Genske and Delia Scala. [2]

Contents

The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. It was initially distributed by regional independents before being given a second release by Minerva Film in 1951.

Plot

Ischia. Stella, a fatal woman, joins Silvano, her old lover, who has been living isolated and alcoholic for some time in a hut on the island. To achieve her purpose, to seize her possessions, she does not hesitate to poison him. Immediately after she seduces Paolo, a young fisherman, and involves him in the trafficking of a gang of smugglers, so much so that he gives up on marrying Anna, she promises to him. Michele, the girl's brother, returns to the island just to make Paolo retrace her steps but he too yields to Stella's charm, becoming her lover and her accomplice in six trafficking of her. However, he is arrested and sentenced. Having served his sentence, he discovers the woman with Paolo and the two begin to fight. It just so happens that she is the woman who falls into the sea and dies. The two men, free from temptation, can resume their friendship. [3]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959 (in Italian). Gremese Editore. pp. 324–5. ISBN   978-88-7605-548-5.
  2. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   978-88-7605-548-5.
  3. ↑ La Scogliera del Peccato (1952) - Roberto Bianchi Montero | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie , retrieved 2022-04-29


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