Casta diva

Oct 4 1937 N/A 1h 27m
Biography, Drama, Music

Martha Eggerth heads the cast of Casta Diva, but the central character is famed Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini, here played by American actor Phillips Holmes. Paying but scant attention the facts, the film concentrates on Bellini's colorful love life. Evidently the film went through several rewriting processes, as witness the curious performances of Donald Calthrop and Arthur Margetson, whose characters do complete about-faces halfway through the story. Amidst so many British accents, Martha Eggerth's Polish intonations seem out of place, but she photographs beautifully and sings quite well. Casta Diva was attractively filmed on location in Naples. Not to be confused with the 1954 remake (by Gallone himself) or to the English language version "The Divine Spark" (also directed by Gallone and starred by Eggerth).

Plot

Young composer Vincenzo Bellini is still an unknown music student in Napoli when he finds in a maiden's eyes the inspiration for the aria that would become his most beloved one, "Casta Diva".

Written by

Walter Reisch, Corrado Alvaro

Directed by

Carmine Gallone

Cast

Mártha Eggerth, Sandro Palmieri, Gualtiero Tumiati

Crew

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Production Countries

Italy

Production Companies

Produzioni Atlas Consorziate

Languages

Italiano

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
34
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA