Margaret of Cortona (Italian: Margherita da Cortona) is a 1950 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Maria Frau, Isa Pola and Galeazzo Benti. It portrays the life of the thirteenth century saint Margaret of Cortona. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi.
Cast
Maria Frau as Margherita
Isa Pola as Lucia, la matrigna
Galeazzo Benti as Arsenio del Monte
Aldo Nicodemi as Marco
Mario Pisu as Rinaldo Degli Uberti
Giovanni Grasso as Tancredi, padre di Margherita
Lorenza Mari as Francesca degli Uberti
Virginia Balestrieri as Druba
Carlo Tamberlani as Vescovo
Mino Doro as Capitano del popolo
Raimondo Van Riel as messer Dal Monte
Fulvio Battistini as Zufolo
Riccardo Billi as Menestrello
Domenico Serra
Giovanna Galletti as Madre del bambino ammalato
Rita Andreana as Popolana al torneo
Arnaldo Mochetti
Diego Pozzetto
Ivo Karavany
Wally Morocuti
Peppino Spadaro as Contadino infuriato
Mario Molfesi
Claudio Giammi
Irene Gay
Tino Buazzelli as Rinaldo degli Uberti
Nino Capozzi as Paolo
Giulio Battiferri as Contadino pronto al linciaggio
Giovanni Onorato as Contadino pronto al linciaggio
References
Bibliography
Lucetta Scaraffia & Gabriella Zarri. Women and Faith: Catholic Religious Life in Italy from Late Antiquity to the Present. Harvard University Press, 1999.