Campane a martello

Campane a martello

109 mins | Drama | Sept. 16, 1949

Agostina is a maid turned prostitute during World War II. She sends all the money she makes to the local priest in her home village for safekeeping. After the war is over Agostina and her friend Australia plan to open a clothing store so they return to her home island to collect the money from the priest. But after arriving there Agostina learns in shock that the priest has been dead for more than a year and that his eccentric successor mistook the received money for donations and spent all of it on building a new orphanage for war orphans. To make matters even worse, other islanders think that Agostina is now a millionaire and beg her to help them financially.

Campane a martello

109 mins | Drama | Sept. 16, 1949

Campane a martello
Agostina is a maid turned prostitute during World War II. She sends all the money she makes to the local priest in her home village for safekeeping. After the war is over Agostina and her friend Australia plan to open a clothing store so they return to her home island to collect the money from the priest. But after arriving there Agostina learns in shock that the priest has been dead for more than a year and that his eccentric successor mistook the received money for donations and spent all of it on building a new orphanage for war orphans. To make matters even worse, other islanders think that Agostina is now a millionaire and beg her to help them financially.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Lux Film
Original title Campane a martello
Directors Paolo Heusch, Mauro Bolognini, Luigi Zampa, Giuseppe Colizzi
Writers Piero Tellini

Cast

Gina Lollobrigida

as Agostina

Yvonne Sanson

as Australia

Carlo Romano

as Il maresciallo

Carlo Giustini

as Marco

Clelia Matania

as Bianca

Ernesto Almirante

as Il Possidente

Agostino Salvietti

as Il Sindaco

Gino Saltamerenda

as Fernando

Salvatore Arcidiacono

as Il Farmacista

Ada Colangeli

as Francesca

Pasquale Misiano

as Autista del camioncino

Eduardo De Filippo

as Don Andrea

Vittoria Febbi

as Connie

Nanda De Santis

as Luciana Gastaldi (uncredited)

Carlo Pisacane

as Filippo, il sacristano (uncredited)

Francesco Santoro

as Franco (uncredited)