92 minutes
2/28/1950
The tragic love story, already narrated by Dante in his Inferno, of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta. Francesca is married to Paolo's brother, Gianciotto an old and crippled man and secretly Paolo's mistress. When Gianciotto finds out tragedy ensues.
Odile Versois
as Francesca da Rimini
Andrea Checchi
as Gianciotto Malatesta
Armando Francioli
as Paolo Malatesta
Nino Marchesini
as Count Guido
Aldo Silvani
as King's Astrologer
Dedi Ristori
as Ornella
Roberto Murolo
as Il giullare di corte
Sergio Fantoni
as Servitore (uncredited)
Angela Lavagna
as La Madre Badessa
Enzo Musumeci Greco
as Capitan Manfredi
Guido Morisi
as Capitano Usodimare
Giulio Tomasini
as Capitan Verucchio