Casta diva

Overview

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).

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 13, 1935

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

Italy

Production

Produzioni Atlas Consorziate

Cast

Achille Majeroni,Mártha Eggerth,Sandro Palmieri,Giulio Donadio,Ennio Cerlesi,Lina Marengo,Gualtiero Tumiati,Lamberto Picasso

Director

Carmine Gallone

Writer

Walter Reisch

Producer

Giuseppe Amato,William Szekeley

Cinematography

Franz Planer,Massimo Terzano

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0026188