Luisa Ferida
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Luisa Ferida was an Italian
stage and motion picture actress.
, Ferida started as a stage actress and first appeared in films with La Freccia d'oro (1935), in a supporting role but because of her photogenic looks and talent as an actress, she soon graduated to leading parts at the end of the thirties. In 1939, whilst working on Un Avventura di Salvator Rosa (1940) directed by the celebrated Alessandro Blasetti
, she met Osvaldo Valenti
. The pair became romantically involved and had a son.
Valenti had been linked with many Fascist officials and personalities for years, and this is the reason why he featured on the partisans' hit list. He was finally arrested in Milan, alongside a pregnant Ferida in April 1945. They were both sentenced to be executed and shot immediately in the street, without any trial. The partisan chief who organized the execution, "Vero" Marozin, declared years later that one of the partisan leaders that ordered the two actors to be executed was Sandro Pertini, who later became president of the Italian republic; no other source, however, supports Marozin's version of the facts.
The film Sanguepazzo talks about Luisa Ferida relationship with Osvaldo Valenti and was premiered at 2008 Cannes Film Festival
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Italy
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stage and motion picture actress.
Career
Born Luigia Manfrini Frané in Castel San Pietro TermeCastel San Pietro Terme
Castel San Pietro Terme is a small city and comune in the province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, with about 20,600 inhabitants. It is located along the Roman Via Aemilia, at the foot of the Tosco-Emilian Appennines....
, Ferida started as a stage actress and first appeared in films with La Freccia d'oro (1935), in a supporting role but because of her photogenic looks and talent as an actress, she soon graduated to leading parts at the end of the thirties. In 1939, whilst working on Un Avventura di Salvator Rosa (1940) directed by the celebrated Alessandro Blasetti
Alessandro Blasetti
Alessandro Blasetti was an Italian film director who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole...
, she met Osvaldo Valenti
Osvaldo Valenti
Osvaldo Valenti was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1928 and 1945.He was born in Istanbul, Turkey. He and his lover, Luisa Ferida, were murdered by partisans in Milan, Italy, due to their links with Fascism...
. The pair became romantically involved and had a son.
Valenti had been linked with many Fascist officials and personalities for years, and this is the reason why he featured on the partisans' hit list. He was finally arrested in Milan, alongside a pregnant Ferida in April 1945. They were both sentenced to be executed and shot immediately in the street, without any trial. The partisan chief who organized the execution, "Vero" Marozin, declared years later that one of the partisan leaders that ordered the two actors to be executed was Sandro Pertini, who later became president of the Italian republic; no other source, however, supports Marozin's version of the facts.
The film Sanguepazzo talks about Luisa Ferida relationship with Osvaldo Valenti and was premiered at 2008 Cannes Film Festival
2008 Cannes Film Festival
The 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 14 to May 25, 2008. In addition to films selected for competition this year, major Hollywood productions such as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Kung Fu Panda had their world premieres at the festival.The British press...
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