White Nights

Le notti bianche, feature film, romantic drama, Italy, France, 1957

DIRECTED BY: Luchino Visconti

White Nights

CAST:
Maria Schell (Natalia),
Marcello Mastroianni (Mario),
Jean Marais (stanar),
Marcella Rovena (gazdarica),
Maria Zanoli (domaćica)

SCRIPT:
Suso Cecchi d'Amico,
Luchino Visconti (based on novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Giuseppe Rotunno

MUSIC:
Nino Rota

EDITING:
Mario Serandrei

Synopsis:
Mario, a shy young man who has just moved to Venice, meets Natalia on a bridge. Even though it is not certain that her lover will return, she spends her days hoping to see him again, which hinders the relationship between Mario and her. This is a film version of Dostoyevski’s short story by the same name.

b/w, 97'

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