The Two Sisters (film)

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The Two Sisters
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Directed by Mario Volpe
Written by Enrica Bacci
Aida Marchetti
Hally Müldray
Wanda Petti
Mario Volpe
Starring Vera Carmi
Enzo Fiermonte
Checco Durante
Cinematography Mauro Chiodini
Edited by Dolores Tamburini
Music by Gino Filippini
Production
company
Venere Film
Distributed byIndependenti Regionali
Release date
  • 1950 (1950)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian
Box office 110 million [1]

The Two Sisters (Italian: Le due sorelle) is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Volpe and starring Vera Carmi, Enzo Fiermonte and Checco Durante. [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Ivo Battelli. It was made at the Palatino Studios in Rome while location shooting took place around Matera in Basilicata. [3]

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Synopsis

A rakish young aristocrat seduces a young woman and gets her pregnant. He abandons her and then returns some years later to try a similar trick on her younger sister.

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  1. Chiti & Poppi p.133
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