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Casta diva

6.2(5)19351h 27m1

Martha Eggerth heads the cast of Casta Diva, but the central character is famed Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini, here played by American actor Phillips Holmes. Paying but scant attention the facts, the film concentrates on Bellini's colorful love life. Evidently the film went through several rewriting processes, as witness the curious performances of Donald Calthrop and Arthur Margetson, whose characters do complete about-faces halfway through the story. Amidst so many British accents, Martha Eggerth's Polish intonations seem out of place, but she photographs beautifully and sings quite well. Casta Diva was attractively filmed on location in Naples. Not to be confused with the 1954 remake (by Gallone himself) or to the English language version "The Divine Spark" (also directed by Gallone and starred by Eggerth).

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Italian
  • musical

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical3 Oct 1937
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical18 Sept 1935
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical13 Jun 1935
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical9 Aug 1935
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical2 Dec 1935
  • RussiaSU

    • TheatricalДубляж – к/ст им. Горького, 1948 г. 28 Feb 1949

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Casta diva was released on 13 June 1935.

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