Campane a martello

Campane a martello (1949)

Agostina is a maid turned prostitute during World War II. She sends all the money she makes to the local priest in her home village for safekeeping. After the war is over Agostina and her friend Australia plan to open a clothing store so they return to her home island to collect the money from the priest. But after arriving there Agostina learns in shock that the priest has been dead for more than a year and that his eccentric successor mistook the received money for donations and spent all of it on building a new orphanage for war orphans. To make matters even worse, other islanders think that Agostina is now a millionaire and beg her to help them financially.

Date of release
1949-09-16
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Drama
Director
Luigi Zampa

Casting

Interesting facts

Alarm Bells is a 1949 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Gina Lollobrigida, Yvonne Sanson and Eduardo De Filippo.

Production

Carlo Romano, Yvonne Sanson, Gina Lollobrigida and Agostino Salvietti, in a scene from the film

It should also be noted that a 27-year-old Mauro Bolognini, among others, worked in the crew as assistant director.

The film, shot in Ischia, was made in a double version, Italian and English, the latter entitled "O.K. Agostina," The English version was scripted by Michael Medwin and starred Patricia Medina, as Agostina, Ivonne Mitchell, as Australia, while Manning Whiley played Don Andrea. The same scenes were played by the Italian actors and then by the English actors. The only actress who played in both versions was the bilingual Clelia Matania.

The scriptwriter Piero Tellini wrote the film inspired by a news story he read in a newspaper. The story turned out to be false when the journalist sued Tellini for plagiarism: in fact, he claimed the rights since he himself had invented the news.

The collaboration between Luigi Zampa and Gina Lollobrigida would result in two more films, including Romana in 1954.

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