La fornarina

La fornarina

96 mins | Romance, History | Oct. 1, 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...

La fornarina

96 mins | Romance, History | Oct. 1, 1944

La fornarina
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...
Producers Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori - C.E.I.A.D.
Original title La fornarina
Directors Enrico Guazzoni
Writers

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

Ernesto Zanon

as Bramante