The Bard's Damsel

Overview

The Turin noblewoman Maria Clotilde di Bard, the sole and elderly heir to an ancient Savoyard title, is reduced to living in the attics of the palace due to the embezzlement of a dishonest administrator. The young lady, who has always been alone due to a great love that never led to marriage with Baron Nigra, befriends the daughter of the palace owner, who tells her about her love for an aeronautical engineer: an unhappy love, because her father is against it. Maria Clotilde discovers that the young man is her brother's illegitimate son, taken away at an early age and never recognized, and therefore the sole heir to the Bard name. The shady administrator also ruins the new owners, who find themselves penniless. But in a trunk kept by the damsel there is years of correspondence between her and Baron Nigra, whose immense historical value restores the Bard family to its former glory and thus allows for a happy ending with the marriage of the two young people.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 4, 1936

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Italian

Production

I.C.I.

Cast

Emma Gramatica,Anna Capodaglio,Luigi Pavese,Amelia Chellini,Cesare Bettarini,Mirella Pardi,Mario Brizzolari,Luigi Cimara,Nora D'Alba,Federico Collinoand 12 more

Director

Mario Mattoli

Writer

Salvatore Gotta,Mario Mattoli,Aldo De Benedetti

Producer

Roberto Dandi

Cinematography

Anchise Brizzi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0027493