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The White Angel (1943)

The White Angel poster
Original title
L'angelo bianco
Directed by
Ettore Giannini, Giulio Antamoro
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman becomes a caretaker for abandoned children. The story follows her struggles to protect them.

melodramaticsentimentalnostalgicperiod feelemotionalstageddeliberate

What happens

The White Angel (Italian: L'angelo bianco) is a 1943 Italian drama film directed by Giulio Antamoro, Federico Sinibaldi and Ettore Giannini and starring Emma Gramatica, Filippo Scelzo and Beatrice Mancini. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Angelo Zagame. It was adapted from the novel I figli di nessuno by Ruggero Rindi, previously made into a 1921 silent film and later into a 1951 film of the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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