Golden Madonna
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Countries | Italy United Kingdom |
Languages | Italian English |
Golden Madonna (Italian: La madonnina d'oro) is a 1949 British-Italian
Plot
Patricia, a young British woman inherits an estate in rural Italy, and gives up her job as a
A romance begins between her and the Captain, but a gang of street urchins steal his money. The Captain has painted over the Madonna with his own painting of
In
.Patricia, pretending to be a rich countess, travels alone to Capri by boat but the moneyless Captain is given a ticket by one of the young Naples street urchins. She plays along with Migone's attempt to seduce her in order to get the painting back.
She and the Captain are stopped by police when trying to return on the boat, and their luggage is searched, but the painting has disappeared. It has been stolen by Johnny who successfully gets it back to the mainland.
Patricia returns the painting to the church where it is received with much ceremony.
Cast
- Phyllis Calvert as Patricia Chandler
- Tullio Carminati as Signor Migone
- Michael Rennie as Mike Christie, the Captain
- David Greene as Johnny Lester
- Aldo Silvani as Don Vincenzo
- Pippo Bonucci as Pippo
- Francesca Biondi as Maria
- Franco Coop as Esposito
- Claudio Ermelli as Antonio
Production
The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini.[1]
References
- ^ a b "La Madonnina d'oro". Cinematografo.it. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Golden Madonna". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "The Golden Madonna (1949) - Ladislao Vajda - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ "BFI Most Wanted". Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Golden Madonna / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Golden Madonna contact prints in the National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
External links
- BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes
- The Golden Madonna at IMDb
- The Golden Madonna at Variety Distribution
- Review of film at Variety
- Italian version