Loyalty of Love (Italian: Teresa Confalonieri) is a 1934 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Marta Abba, Nerio Bernardi and Luigi Cimara. It is based on the story of Teresa Confalonieri, a celebrated figure of the Italian reunification campaign. It was one of several films made during the 1930s that portrayed this era. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August 1934.
The film was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome with sets designed by the art director Guido Fiorini.
Cast
Marta Abba as Teresa Confalonieri
Nerio Bernardi as Il conte Federico Confalonieri
Luigi Cimara as Il principe de Metternich
Elsa De Giorgi as La principessa Carolina Jablonowska
Filippo Scelzo as Il barone Salvotti
Luigi Carini as Il conte Vitaliano Confalonieri
Riccardo Tassani as Franz the First
Tina Lattanzi as L'imperatrice Carolina
Achille Majeroni as Il feldmaresciallo Bubna
Giovanni Barrella as Bolchesi – il servitore
Carlo Tamberlani as Luigi Parravicini
Romolo Costa as Il governatore di Milano
Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as Cavaliere di Castillo
Eugenio Duse as Il ministro di polizia
Mercedes Brignone as La marchesa al ballo
Lilla Brignone as La marchesina al ballo
Elli Parvo as La nobildonna al ballo
Vinicio Sofia as Un uomo di fiducia del barone Salvati
Mauro Serra as Conte Ilario
Renato Ferrari as Giudice Menghin
Maria Zanoli as La cameriera pettegola di casa Confalonieri
Cesare Polacco as Il banditore al patibolo
Idolo Tancredi as Operaio della stamperia
References
Bibliography
Norma Bouchard. Risorgimento in Modern Italian Culture: Revisiting the Nineteenth-century Past in History, Narrative, and Cinema. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2005.