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The Little Schoolmistress (1934 film) (1933)

The Little Schoolmistress (1934 film) poster
Original title
La maestrina
Directed by
Guido Brignone
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The movie tells the story of a young schoolteacher in a small Italian town. She navigates her professional duties and personal feelings when a new man arrives.

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What happens

The Little Schoolmistress (Italian: La maestrina) is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Andreina Pagnani, Renato Cialente and Egisto Olivieri. It was based on a play of the same title by Dario Niccodemi which was again adapted into a 1942 film. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Brignone's sister Mercedes Brignone had starred in a 1919 silent film version of the story directed by Eleuterio Rodolfi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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