Synopsis
In the early part of this century, Maddelena a teenage Italian girl, is attacked whilst walking in the woods. The attack leaves her mentally scarred and our story flashes forward to the 1940s where Maddelena is still troubled. She disappears one day and her daughter vows to find her.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Arthur CrabtreeDirector
- Roland PertweeScreenplay
Cast
- Phyllis CalvertMaddalena Labardi
- Stewart GrangerNino Barucci
- Patricia RocAngela Labardi
- Peter GlenvilleSandro Barucci
- John StuartGuiseppe Labardi
- Reginald TateDr Charles Ackroyd
- Peter Murray-HillJimmy Logan (as Peter Murray Hill)
- Dulcie GrayNesta Logan
- Alan HainesEvelyn
- Hilda BayleyMrs. Fiske
- Evelyn DarvellMillie Fiske
- Nancy PriceMama Barucci
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Themes
rapeflorence, italydisappearancemistressconvent (nunnery)repressed memorygypsy girldual personalitytraumatized womanrepressed traumapeasant girlgypsy king