The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 1940
La fanciulla di Portici
Directed by
Mario Bonnard
During the Spanish occupation of Naples, the people led by Tommaso Aniello - known as "Masaniello" - plot against the Viceroy. The Viceroy's son, under another name, has a son from Masaniello's sister, but his father has already planned a marriage for him with a Spanish patrician against his wishes.
The story
During the Spanish occupation of Naples, the people led by Tommaso Aniello - known as "Masaniello" - plot against the Viceroy. The Viceroy's son, under another name, has a son from Masaniello's sister, but his father has already planned a marriage for him with a Spanish patrician against his wishes.
Cast
Carlo NinchiTommaso Aniello detto Masaniello
Luisa FeridaLucia
Giuditta RissoneMarchesa Del Vasto
Oretta FiumeMaria
Giacomo MoschiniFra' Savino
Nicoletta ParodiElena Carafa
Luigi PavesePrincipe Fernando di San Vitale
Giorgio CapecchiMedico
Liana Del BalzoDuchessa Cafara
Giulio DonadioVicerè Rodrigo Ponz de Leon, duca d'Arcos
Roberto VillaAlfonso
Armando MigliariGarcìa
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Mario MazzaAccolito di Masaniello
Franco RondinellaPasquale Campese
Nino PaveseGenuino
Carlo DuseCapitano don Diego Callegas
Oreste FaresMaestro Gonzales
Pina PiovaniOstessa
Giulio BattiferriGuzman
Giovanni OnoratoAddetto alla stamperia
Luigi Erminio D'OlivoFrançois, il parrucchiere
Alfredo MenichelliNotabile al servizio del Viceré
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