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DramaRomance

Le Notti Bianche

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A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.

Release Date : 1957-11-14

Language :Italian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Vides CinematograficaCinematografica Associati (CI.AS.)Intermondia Films

Production Country : FranceItaly

Alternative Titles : White NightsThe White Nights

Cast

Maria Schell

Character Name : Natalia

Original Name : Maria Schell

Gender : Female

Marcello Mastroianni

Character Name : Mario

Original Name : Marcello Mastroianni

Gender : Male

Jean Marais

Character Name : L'Inquilino

Original Name : Jean Marais

Gender : Male

Marcella Rovena

Character Name : La Padrona della Pensione

Original Name : Marcella Rovena

Gender : Female

Maria Zanoli

Character Name : La Domestica

Original Name : Maria Zanoli

Gender : Female

Elena Fancera

Character Name : La Cassiera

Original Name : Elena Fancera

Gender : Male

Lanfranco Ceccarelli

Character Name : Un Coinvolto nella Rissa

Original Name : Lanfranco Ceccarelli

Gender : Male

Angelo Galassi

Character Name : Un Coinvolto nella Rissa

Original Name : Angelo Galassi

Gender : Male

Renato Terra

Character Name : Un Coinvolto nella Rissa

Original Name : Renato Terra

Gender : Male

Corrado Pani

Character Name : Un Giovinastro

Original Name : Corrado Pani

Gender : Male

Dirk Sanders

Character Name : Il Ballerino

Original Name : Dirk Sanders

Gender : Male

Clara Calamai

Character Name : La Prostituta

Original Name : Clara Calamai

Gender : Female

Giorgio Albertazzi

Character Name : L'Inquilino / Narratore (uncredited)

Original Name : Giorgio Albertazzi

Gender : Male

Lys Assia

Character Name : La Cantante (uncredited)

Original Name : Lys Assia

Gender : Female

Romano Barbieri

Character Name : Il Figlio della Famiglia Amica di Mario (uncredited)

Original Name : Romano Barbieri

Gender : Male

Alberto Carloni

Character Name : Il Locandiere (uncredited)

Original Name : Alberto Carloni

Gender : Male

Dino D'Aquilio

Character Name : Un Ragazzino (uncredited)

Original Name : Dino D'Aquilio

Gender : Male

Enzo Doria

Character Name : Il Marinaio Che Balla (uncredited)

Original Name : Enzo Doria

Gender : Male

Anna Filippini

Character Name : La Figlia della Famiglia Amica di Mario (uncredited)

Original Name : Anna Filippini

Gender : Male

Carla Foscari

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Carla Foscari

Gender : Male

Biagio Gambini

Character Name : Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Biagio Gambini

Gender : Male

Ferdinando Gerra

Character Name : Il Padre della Famiglia Amica di Mario (uncredited)

Original Name : Ferdinando Gerra

Gender : Male

Giorgio Listuzzi

Character Name : La Guardia di Finanza (uncredited)

Original Name : Giorgio Listuzzi

Gender : Male

Leonilde Montesi

Character Name : La Madre della Famiglia Amica di Mario (uncredited)

Original Name : Leonilde Montesi

Gender : Male

Sandro Moretti

Character Name : Un Giovinastro (uncredited)

Original Name : Sandro Moretti

Gender : Male

Mimmo Palmara

Character Name : L'Uomo Che Gioca a Carte con la Prostituta (uncredited)

Original Name : Mimmo Palmara

Gender : Male

Winni Riva

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Winni Riva

Gender : Female

Sandra Verani

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Sandra Verani

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-07-30

Marcello Mastroianni espies a young woman who is waiting, patiently, by a bridge. Initially he thinks she is one of the ladies of the night but as he passes he thinks he hears her crying. Distressed, she tries to flee from him but he manages to calm her down and they chat. They agree to meet next evening, same place same time - and that's the start of this charmingly simple drama that sees "Mario" and "Natalia" (Maria Schell) begin to confide in each other and cement a bond borne out of both of their emotional desires and frustrations. We also find out just why she waits each night. There are moments of intensity and joy as this story unfolds and we see a love burgeoning. Can it ever result in anything, though? The cold wintery evenings, the snow, the canals - they all add an eerie richness to two potent performances that show the vulnerabilities of their characters, their longings, disappointments and their hopes. Visconti also amiably incorporates a sense of family into the story well too. His being more around the relationship with the loudly omnipresent, but caring, landlady of his hotel (Marcella Rovena) and her's with her ageing grandmother - who rather comically uses a safety pin to adjoin their shirts so she cannot wander off! There is comedy here, but this film also has a sadness to it. Not a melancholic one, more an inevitability that somehow you just know is going to leave one of them quite possibly worse off in the end. Dostoevsky didn't much like "happy" endings - so don't go expecting one here, but there's a delicate chemistry to enjoy between Mastroianni and Schnell.