La fornarina (1944)
During Italian renaissance, young painter Raffaello Sanzio falls in love with Margherita, a maiden of the people, becomes her lover and lives with her. But this relationship arouses the jealousy of a beautiful aristocrat who secretly orders the kidnapping of the girl. Raffaello falls into a state of prostration and does everything he can to find Margherita...
- Released
- 1944-10-01
- Genres
- Romance, History
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Enrico Guazzoni
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Lída Baarová as Margherita (aka "la fornarina")
- Walter Lazzaro as Rafaello Sanzio
- Anneliese Uhlig as Leonora d'Este
- Loredana as Maria Dovizi da Bibbiena
- Luigi Pavese as Sebastiano Del Piombo
- Amilcare Pettinelli as Agostino Chigi
- Ugo Sasso as Marzio Taddei
- Giorgio Constantini as Giulio Romano
- Vinicio Sofia as Baviera
- Cesare Fantoni as Cardinal Bibbiena
- Pio Campa as Pope Giulio II
- Amira Pirani Maggi as Mamma Rosa