I Promessi Sposi/The Betrothed (Film 1941-ENG SUB)

The Betrothed (Italian: I Promessi Sposi) is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Gino Cervi, Dina Sassoli and Ruggero Ruggeri. It is an adaptation of the 1827 novel The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni.

It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location around Como. The film's sets were created by the art directors Gastone Medin and Gino Brosio while the costumes were designed by Gino Sensani. The novel was turned into a film again in 1964 and a television miniseries in 1989.

Lombardy, Italy, seventeenth century. Renzo and Lucia's love story is jeopardized by Don Rodrigo, a wicked nobleman, who is interested in Lucia. When she refuses his attentions he has her kidnapped and brought to a convent whose prioress is a nun as wicked as he is. The two youths will have to go through a lot of misfortunes before being reunited and being able to marry.

Partial cast and characters:
Gino Cervi as Renzo Tramagliano
Dina Sassoli as Lucia Mondella
Ruggero Ruggeri as Il cardinale Federigo Borromeo
Armando Falconi as Don Abbondio
Enrico Glori as Don Rodrigo
Carlo Ninchi as L'Innominato
Luis Hurtado as Padre Cristoforo
Evi Maltagliati as La monaca di Monza detta "La Signora"
Ines Cristina Zacconi [it] as Perpetua
Franco Scandurra as Il conte Attilio
Gilda Marchiò as Agnese Mondella, madre di Lucia
Dino Di Luca as Il Griso
Enzo Biliotti as Antonio Ferrer
Lauro Gazzolo as Ambrogio Fusella
Giacomo Moschini as Il dottor Azzeccagarbugli