Principessina

Principessina
Dal and Bernardi in a film scene
Directed by	Tullo Gramantieri
Screenplay by	Giovanni Del Lungo Tullo Gramantieri
Based on	A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Produced by	Guy Simon
Starring	Rosanna Dal Nerio Bernardi Roberto Villa
Cinematography	Leonida Barboni
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Gino Filippini
Production company	Film Bassoli
Distributed by	Cine Tirrenia
Release date	March 12, 1943 (1943-03-12)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Principessina ("Little Princess") is a 1943 Italian drama film directed by Tullio Gramantieri. It is an unauthorized remake of the 1939 film The Little Princess, which was in turn based on the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.[1][2]

Plot

The Prince of Torrefranca has to leave her young daughter Anna at a boarding school while he fights in the First Italo-Ethiopian War. He also entrusts a huge amount of money to the Headmistress, so that his daughter will have everything she needs. The child is treated well until her father is reported missing in action. Anna is now forced to sleep in the attic and is treated like a scullery maid by the cruel Headmistress, who has taken all of her money, but the child doesn't loose the hope to find her father, and after many researches and adventures she finally finds him injured in an hospital with the help of a royal princess. At the sight of her darling daughter, the prince recovers.

Cast

• Rosanna Dal as Anna di Torrefranca
• Roberto Villa as Stefano, the riding instructor
• Nerio Bernardi as Principe di Torrefranca, Anna's father
• Vittorina Benvenuti as the Headmistress
• Mario Siletti as Germano, brother of the Headmistress
• Edvige Elisabeth as Clara, the teacher
• Rosetta D'Este as Mariannina
• Oreste Fares as Battista
• Tina Lattanzi as the Princess
• Olinto Cristina as the Baron
• Odette Bedogni as the Boarding school mate
• Celio Bucchi as an Officer
• Ruggero Capodaglio
• Alessandra Adari
• Anna Carena

Production

Principessina was shot at the Tirrenia Studios. The working title was Bende lorde di sangue ("Bloodstained Bandages"). It was the debut of Delia Scala, here credited with her real name Odette Bedogni.[1]

Reception

The film was not a critical success.[2]

Sources

1. "PRINCIPESSINA - Film (1943)". ComingSoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-01-25.
2. "Corto in Corto: Principessina_1943". Retrieved 2023-01-25.

External links

• Principessina at IMDb