The Other (Italian: L'altra) is a 1947 Italian crime melodrama film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Blanchette Brunoy, Fosco Giachetti and Maria Michi. It was an early example blending film noir and melodrama in Italian cinema. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gianni Mazzocca.
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Synopsis
A pre-war romance between an engineer and a woman leads to the birth of a son. Subsequently married to another man, a pianist, the old relationship comes back to impact the present with tragic results.
Cast
Blanchette Brunoy as Vera de Santis
Fosco Giachetti as Pianista Marco de Santis
Maria Michi as 'Angelo' Morelli
Marcello Pagliero as Ing. Andrea Venturi
Aristide Baghetti as Giovanni il Maggiordomo
Pietro Carini as Carluccio de Santis
Emilio Cigoli as Commissario
Carlotta De la Croix as Governante di Carluccio
Augusto Mastrantoni as Quaroni
Livio Pavanelli as Impresario Francese