The Mistress of Treves (film)

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The Mistress of Treves
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Italian La Leggenda di Genoveffa
Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by
Produced by Giorgio Venturini
Starring Rossano Brazzi
Anne Vernon
Gianni Santuccio
Cinematography Massimo Dallamano
Edited byLoris Bellero
Music by Giovanni Fusco
Production
company
Venturini Film
Distributed byAccord-Film
Regionale
Synimex
Release date
  • 6 February 1952 (1952-02-06)
Running time
84 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
West Germany
LanguageItalian

The Mistress of Treves (Italian : La Leggenda di Genoveffa) is a 1952 historical drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Rossano Brazzi, Anne Vernon and Gianni Santuccio. [1] Made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany, it was filmed at a studio in Milan and on location in the Aosta Valley. It is based on the legend of Genevieve of Brabant and is set during the time of the Crusades. [2]

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