The Lady of the Camellias

The Lady of the Camellias (Italian: La signora dalle camelie) is a 1947 Italian musical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Nelly Corradi, Gino Mattera and Manfredi Polverosi. It is an adaptation of the 1853 opera La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi. In 1948 it was released in America by Columbia Pictures under the title The Lost One. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Costume design was by Georges Annenkov. Cast Nelly Corradi as Violetta Valery Gino Mattera as Alfredo Germont Manfredi Polverosi as Georg Germont Flora Marino as Flora Bervoix Carlo Lombardi as Baron Douphol Massimo Serato as Alexandre Dumas fils (prologue) Nerio Bernardi as Giuseppe Verdi (prologue) Onelia Fineschi as Singer: opera Tito Gobbi as Singer: opera Francesco Albanese as Singer: opera Arturo la Porta as Singer: opera References