La lupa (1953 film)

1953 film by Alberto Lattuada

25 September 1953 (1953-09-25)

LanguageItalian

La lupa (also known as She-Wolf, The Vixen and The Devil Is a Woman) is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada.

It is based on the novella with the same name by Giovanni Verga.^[2]^[3]

Synopsis

In a remote village in southern Italy, La Lupa ("The Wolf"), a woman with a free attitude and manners, fascinates and attracts husbands and sons who can't resist her. However, she falls in love with Nanni, who grows olive trees and wants to marry her daughter, Maricchia. At her mother's urging, Maricchia marries Nanni. But "the Wolf" still lurks around the latter, to the great despair of Maricchia. Overwhelmed, Nanni then decides to kill "the Wolf" ... which will have an atrocious end.

Adaptation

It should also be noted that Giovanni Verga later made a theatrical adaptation (1896) - one of the plays was directed by Franco Zeffirelli with Anna Magnani and Lucia Bosé in 1965 - and then a libretto. For a musical melodrama, in collaboration with De Robertis, composed by Giacomo Puccini and then G.-A. Tasca and represented in 1933.

Cast

Kerima: The 'She-Wolf'
Ettore Manni: Nanni Lasca
May Britt: Maria Maricchia
Ignazio Balsamo: Don Antonio Malerba
Mario Passante: Imbornone
Giovanna Ralli: Agnese
Salvo Libassi: Raffaele
Anna Arena: Giovanna Vasilio
Maurizio Arena

References

^ ^a ^b "La lupa (1953)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ Callisto Cosulich (1985). I Film di Alberto Lattuada. Gremese Editore, 1985. ISBN 8876051872.
^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.