The Charterhouse of Parma

The story

This adaptation of Stendhal's timeless masterpiece of French literature tells the tale of Fabrice Del Dongo (Grard Philipe) a young archibishop who gives his heart and soul to romance rather than to the Church creating upheaval in the lives of evergone around him the Countess of Sanseverine (Maria Casares) is but one of the may women who love him. In turn she incurs jealous retributions from those in high places who desire her. For his crimes Fabrice is thrown in Prison where from Crimes Fabrice is thrown in prison where form his lonely window he falls in love with his jailer s daughter and plans a daring escape she however calls his plan insane and takes a vow to the Virgin Mary to never see him again ever if his escape succeeds the Charterhouse of Parma explodes with conflicting desires man s desire form God vs. his desire for romance.

Cast

G Gérard Philipele marquis Fabrice Del Dong R Renée FaureClelia Conti M María Casaresla duchesse Gina de San Severina L Louis Saloule prince Ernest IV L Louis SeignerGrillo - le gardien de la Tour Farnese T Tullio CarminatiLe comte Mosca, le premier ministre L Lucien CoëdelRassi, le chef de la police (as Lucien Coedel) A Aldo SilvaniLe général Conti, gouverneur de la prison de Parme M Maria MichiMarietta C Claudio GoraLe marquis Crescenzi M Mario GallinaL'aubergiste A Albert Rémy

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N Nerio BernardiLa mari de Fausta (uncredited) R Renato ChiantoniLe soldat a la lettre anonyme (uncredited) E Emilio Cigoli(uncredited) A Attilio DottesioFerrante Palla (uncredited) C Claudio ErmelliL'espion de Mosca (uncredited) E Enrico GloriGilletti, l'acteur de théâtre (uncredited) W Walter Grant(uncredited) C Cosetta Greco(uncredited) T Tina LattanziLa princesse Marie-Louise de Bourbon-Parme (uncredited) A Achille MajeroniL'évêque (uncredited) L Lina MarengoUna signora curiosa (uncredited) E Enzo Musumeci Greco(uncredited) E Evelina PaoliLa grande duchesse (uncredited) F Fernand Rauzéna(uncredited) L Laura RediFausta (uncredited) D Dina RomanoManamaccia (uncredited) M Michele Sakara(uncredited) J Jone Salinas(uncredited) E Ermete TamberlaniLe prêtre (uncredited)