A nineteenth-century Italian noblewoman, imprisoned in a foreboding lakeside palazzo by her uncle, comes to believe she's possessed by a long ago mistress of the manor.
Cinematography
Every frame a painting—literally, it's calligraphism, darling.
Acting
Isa Miranda's possessed stare could stop your heart.
Production
The palazzo is the real villain, gorgeously suffocating.
Director
Mario Soldati
Isa Miranda
Marina di Malombra
Andrea Checchi
Corrado Silla
Irasema Dilián
Edith Steinegge
Gualtiero Tumiati
Il conte Cesare d'Ormengo
Nino Crisman
Nepo Salvador
Enzo Biliotti
Il commendator Napoleone Vezza
Ada Dondini
Fosca Salvador
Giacinto Molteni
Andrea Steinegge
Luigi Pavese
Il professore Binda
Nando Tamberlani
Don Innocenzo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Calligraphism was Italy's answer to German Expressionism—every shadow hand-painted for maximum emotional damage.
IT
