The Beggar's Daughter

The Beggar's Daughter
The Beggar's Daughter
	Film poster
Directed by	Carlo Campogalliani
Written by	Carlo Campogalliani; Carolina Invernizio (novel); Anton Giulio Majano; Mario Massa;
Produced by	Ferruccio Biancini
Starring	Paola Barbara; Franca Maj; Steve Barclay;
Cinematography	Fernando Risi
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Franco Casavola
Production; company	Excelsior Film
Distributed by	Megale Film
Release date	2 September 1950;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Beggar's Daughter (Italian: La figlia del mendicante) is a 1950 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Paola Barbara, Franca Maj and Steve Barclay. It is based on a novel of the same name by Carolina Invernizio.^[1]

Plot

1860. In a villa in Naples, a foreign lady was killed: a poor beggar without one arm, Paolo, was accused of the crime, although innocent, he was sentenced to twenty years. The poor man's daughter, Anna, has worked in vain in favor of her father: she has only obtained the moral support of Franco, the son of the judge who sentenced Paolo. Franco, who is the leader of a group of patriots, partisans of Garibaldi, investigates the murder on his behalf and is induced to suspect his brother-in-law Giorgio, chief of police and the ex-maid of the murdered woman, who now is at Giorgio's service.

Meanwhile Anna, threatened by her stepmother, who tries to market the girl, saves herself with the help of another patriot. Franco entrusts Anna with the management of a flower shop, which serves as a meeting place for her friends. On the eve of the Garibaldi's entry into Naples, Giorgio has Franco arrested, who is then freed by the patriots. When the insurrection broke out, the doors of the prisons opened. Giorgio is killed by the maid, the only witness to his crime, whom he had arrested. Happy Anna and Franco go to free Paolo.^[2]

Cast

Paola Barbara as Fanny, amante di Giorgio
Franca Maj as Anna
Steve Barclay as Franco
Renato Valente as Giorgio
Jole Fierro as Lelia
Ave Ninchi as Marisa, la governante di Anna
Domenico Serra
Nico Pepe
Amina Pirani Maggi
Nino Marchesini
Carlo Chiesini
Franco Pesce
Umberto Silvestri
Alfredo Varelli
Jody Desmond
Ciro Berardi
Gustavo Serena
Piero Pastore
Pina Gallini
Franco Jamonte
Attilio Torelli
Mauro Serra
Leopoldo Valentini
Clara Auteri

References

^ Goble p.238
^ Campogalliani, Carlo (1950-09-02), La figlia del mendicante (Drama), Excelsior Film (II), retrieved 2022-05-02

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

The Beggar's Daughter at IMDb

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[1] Goble p.238

[2] Campogalliani, Carlo (1950-09-02), La figlia del mendicante (Drama), Excelsior Film (II), retrieved 2022-05-02

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