Mistress of the Mountains

Mistress of the Mountains
Mistress of the Mountains
Directed by	Fernando Cerchio
Written by	Leonardo Benvenuti ; Fernando Cerchio ; Giovanni Guareschi ; Giorgio Venturini ; Giancarlo Vigorelli
Produced by	Giorgio Venturini
Starring	Vivi Gioi ; Adriano Rimoldi ; Camillo Pilotto
Cinematography	Arturo Gallea
Edited by	Rolando Benedetti
Music by	Giovanni Fusco
Production; company	Artisti Associati
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	18 September 1950;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Mistress of the Mountains (Italian: Gente così) is a 1950 Italian drama film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Vivi Gioi, Adriano Rimoldi and Camillo Pilotto.^[1]

Plot

In a small town in upper Lombardy near the Swiss border, smuggling is considered legal and Don Candido intervenes in the endless discussions on business, trying to restore peace. A new elementary teacher arrives in the village, a woman with modern ideas who comes into conflict with the mentality of the inhabitants of the village. During a difficult construction of the dam, a smuggler arrives with whom the young teacher falls in love. When the young man flees to Milan, the woman follows him, only to turn back when she realizes she is pregnant. Surprised by the financial police, the smuggler falls into a ravine. Don Candido just has time to unite them in marriage, just before the young man dies.^[2]

Cast

Vivi Gioi as Teresa, la maestrina
Adriano Rimoldi as Giàn, il contrabbandiere
Camillo Pilotto as Don Candido, arciprete
Renato De Carmine as Il biondino
Marisa Mari as La biondina
Saro Urzì as sindaco Giusà
Alberto Archetti as Un consigliere
Arrigo Peri as Segretario
Nicola La Torre as Consigliere III
Augusto Favi
Raffaello Niccoli as Vecchio Operaio
Raf Pindi as Nelli
Lena Zoppegni as La bidella
Egisto Olivieri as Consigliere II
Luigi Tosi
Giuliana Rivera

References

^ Monaco p.208
^ Mistress of the Mountains (1950) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-05-02

Bibliography

James Monaco. The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books, 1991.

External links

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[1] Monaco p.208

[2] Mistress of the Mountains (1950) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-05-02

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