# The Beggar's Daughter > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Beggar's_Daughter > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Beggar's_Daughter.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beggar's_Daughter > Source revision: 1341592389 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1950 Italian film The Beggar's Daughter Film poster Directed by Carlo Campogalliani Written by Carlo Campogalliani Carolina Invernizio (novel) Anton Giulio Majano Mario Massa Produced by Ferruccio Biancini Starring Paola Barbara Franca Maj Steve Barclay Cinematography Fernando Risi Edited by Mario Serandrei Music by Franco Casavola Production company Excelsior Film Distributed by Megale Film Release date 2 September 1950 (1950-09-02) Running time 93 minutes Country Italy Language Italian ***The Beggar's Daughter*** ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): ***La figlia del mendicante***) is a 1950 Italian historical [melodrama film](/source/Melodrama_film) directed by [Carlo Campogalliani](/source/Carlo_Campogalliani) and starring [Paola Barbara](/source/Paola_Barbara), [Franca Maj](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franca_Maj&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Steve Barclay](/source/Steve_Barclay_(actor)). It is based on a novel of the same name by [Carolina Invernizio](/source/Carolina_Invernizio).[1] ## Plot 1860. In a villa in Naples, a foreign lady was killed: a poor beggar without one arm, Paolo, was accused of the crime, although innocent, he was sentenced to twenty years. The poor man's daughter, Anna, has worked in vain in favor of her father: she has only obtained the moral support of Franco, the son of the judge who sentenced Paolo. Franco, who is the leader of a group of patriots, partisans of Garibaldi, investigates the murder on his behalf and is induced to suspect his brother-in-law Giorgio, chief of police and the ex-maid of the murdered woman, who now is at Giorgio's service. Meanwhile Anna, threatened by her stepmother, who tries to market the girl, saves herself with the help of another patriot. Franco entrusts Anna with the management of a flower shop, which serves as a meeting place for her friends. On the eve of the Garibaldi's entry into Naples, Giorgio has Franco arrested, who is then freed by the patriots. When the insurrection broke out, the doors of the prisons opened. Giorgio is killed by the maid, the only witness to his crime, whom he had arrested. Happy Anna and Franco go to free Paolo.[2] ## Cast - [Paola Barbara](/source/Paola_Barbara) as Fanny, amante di Giorgio - [Franca Maj](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franca_Maj&action=edit&redlink=1) as Anna - [Steve Barclay](/source/Steve_Barclay_(actor)) as Franco - [Renato Valente](/source/Renato_Valente) as Giorgio - [Jole Fierro](/source/Jole_Fierro) as Lelia - [Ave Ninchi](/source/Ave_Ninchi) as Marisa, la governante di Anna - [Domenico Serra](/source/Domenico_Serra) - [Nico Pepe](/source/Nico_Pepe) - [Amina Pirani Maggi](/source/Amina_Pirani_Maggi) - [Nino Marchesini](/source/Nino_Marchesini) - [Carlo Chiesini](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carlo_Chiesini&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Franco Pesce](/source/Franco_Pesce) - [Umberto Silvestri](/source/Umberto_Silvestri) - [Alfredo Varelli](/source/Alfredo_Varelli) - [Jody Desmond](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jody_Desmond&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Ciro Berardi](/source/Ciro_Berardi) - [Gustavo Serena](/source/Gustavo_Serena) - [Piero Pastore](/source/Piero_Pastore) - [Pina Gallini](/source/Pina_Gallini) - [Franco Jamonte](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franco_Jamonte&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Attilio Torelli](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attilio_Torelli&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Mauro Serra](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mauro_Serra&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Leopoldo Valentini](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leopoldo_Valentini&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Clara Auteri](/source/Clara_Auteri) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Goble p.238 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Campogalliani, Carlo (1950-09-02), [*La figlia del mendicante*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041364/) (Drama), Excelsior Film (II), retrieved 2022-05-02 ## Bibliography - Goble, Alan. *The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film*. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. ## External links - [*The Beggar's Daughter*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041364/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e The films of Carlo Campogalliani The Woman at Midnight (1925) Courtyard (1931) The Doctor in Spite of Himself (1931) The Devil's Lantern (1931) Stadium (1934) The Four Musketeers (1936) The Night of Tricks (1939) The Cavalier from Kruja (1940) Forbidden Music (1942) The Innocent Casimiro (1945) The Devil's Gondola (1946) Hand of Death (1949) The Beggar's Daughter (1950) Beauties on Bicycles (1951) Beauties on Motor Scooters (1952) If You Won a Hundred Million (1953) Orphan of the Ghetto (1954) The Song of the Heart (1955) Song of Naples (1957) The Angel of the Alps (1957) Captain Falcon (1958) Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) Son of Samson (1960) Fountain of Trevi (1960) Sword of the Conqueror (1961) Ursus (1961) The Avenger of Venice (1964) This article related to an Italian film of the 1950s is a stub. 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