THE BATTLE OF VILLA FIORITA
DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY DELMER DAVES
WARNER BROS. PICTURES
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Plot Summary
The Villa Fiorita is on the banks of an Italian lake.
The battle is for the mother of 3 children who has just been divorced
and has gone to the Villa with her lover.
Her children follow her there to try & get their mother back.
Based on a novel of the same name by Rumer Godden,
this story centers around a British woman, Moira Clavering,
who falls in love with a visiting Italian pianist, Lorenzo Tasara.
Moira leaves her neglectful husband and two children and moves to Italy
to start a life with Lorenzo. Her two children journey to their mother's new home,
the Villa Fiorita, where they team up with Lorenzo's daughter to try to break up the couple.
Written by Edward Schiller
Full Cast
Maureen O'Hara .... Moira
Rossano Brazzi .... Lorenzo
Richard Todd .... Darrell
Phyllis Calvert .... Margot
Martin Stephens .... Michael
Elizabeth Dear .... Debby
Olivia Hussey .... Donna
Maxine Audley .... Charmian
Ursula Jeans .... Lady Anthea
Ettore Manni .... Father Rossi
Richard Wattis .... Travel Agent
Finlay Currie .... Emcee
Clelia Matania .... Celestina
Rosi Di Pietro .... Giuletta
Writing Credits
Delmer Daves
Rumer Godden novel
Original Music
Ervin Drake (song "Our Crazy Affair")
Mischa Spoliansky
Cinematography
Oswald Morris
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