Love Me, Alfredo! (Italian: Amami, Alfredo!) is a 1940 Italian romantic drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Claudio Gora and Lucie Englisch. It portrays the relationship between an established opera singer and her lover an unknown composer. The title is a reference to Verdi's La Traviata. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini.

Cast

Maria Cebotari as Maria Dalgeri

Claudio Gora as Il compositore Giacomo Varni

Lucie Englisch as Luisa Traller

Paolo Stoppa as Cecè

Luigi Almirante as Romanelli

Aristide Baghetti as Il sovrintendente

Carmen Fortis as Una spettatrice

References

Bibliography

Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey. The Companion to Italian Cinema. Cassell, 1996.

Love Me, Alfredo!

External links

1940 films

Italian romantic drama films

1940 romantic drama films

1940s Italian-language films

Films directed by Carmine Gallone

Films shot at Cinecittà Studios

Italian historical romance films

1940s historical romance films

Films set in Milan

1940 comedy films

1940s Italian films

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