Lost in the Dark (1914 film)

Lost in the Dark (Italian: Sperduti nel buio) is a 1914 Italian silent drama film directed by Nino Martoglio and starring Giovanni Grasso Sr., Maria Carmi and Virginia Balestrieri. Documenting life in the slums of Naples, it is considered a precursor to the Italian neorealism movement of the 1940s and 1950s.[1] The only surviving copy of this film was destroyed by Nazi German forces during the World War II.[2] The film is based on a 1901 play of the same title by Roberto Bracco.

Lost in the Dark
Directed byNino Martoglio
Written byRoberto Bracco (play and screenplay)
Starring
Edited byNino Martoglio
Music byE. de Leva
Production
company
Morgana Films
Release date
November 1914
Running time
66 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguagesSilent
Italian intertitles

Cast
  • Giovanni Grasso Sr. as Nunzio the blind man
  • Maria Carmi as Livia Blanchard
  • Virginia Balestrieri as Paolina
  • Vittorina Moneta as Paolina's mother
  • Dillo Lombardi as Duke of Vallenza
  • Totò Majorana as Nunzio's stepfather
  • Gina Benvenuti as Nunzio's mother
  • Maria Balistrieri
  • Ettore Mazzanti

References
  1. Katz, Ephraim (2001), "Italy", The Film Encyclopedia, HarperResource, pp. 682–685, ISBN 978-0060742140
  2. Reich & Garofalo p.83

Bibliography
  • Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.


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