Overview
The tragic love story, already narrated by Dante in his Inferno, of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta. Francesca is married to Paolo's brother, Gianciotto an old and crippled man and secretly Paolo's mistress. When Gianciotto finds out tragedy ensues.
Cast
- Odile Versois as Francesca da Rimini
- Andrea Checchi as Gianciotto Malatesta
- Armando Francioli as Paolo Malatesta
- Nino Marchesini as Count Guido
- Aldo Silvani as King's Astrologer
- Dedi Ristori as Ornella
- Roberto Murolo as Il giullare di corte
- Sergio Fantoni as Servitore (uncredited)
- Angela Lavagna as La Madre Badessa
- Enzo Musumeci Greco as Capitan Manfredi