The Divine Spark

{{Short description|1935 British film by Carmine Gallone}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = The Divine Spark | image = The_Divine_Spark_(1935_film).jpg | caption = Original trade ad | director = Carmine Gallone | producer = Arnold Pressburger | writer = {{ubl|Walter Reisch|Richard Benson|Emlyn Williams}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Marta Eggerth|Phillips Holmes|Benita Hume|Donald Calthrop}} | music = Willy Schmidt-Gentner | cinematography = Franz Planer | editing = Fernando Tropea | studio = Alleanza Cinematografica Italiana | distributor = Gaumont British Distributors | released = {{Film date|1935|06}} | runtime = 82 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Divine Spark''''' is a 1935 British musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Marta Eggerth, Phillips Holmes, Benita Hume and Donald Calthrop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/163220|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113224421/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/163220|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-13|title=The Divine Spark (1935)|publisher=}}</ref> An Italian-language version ''Casta Diva'' was shot simultaneously.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7cb4646f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124153546/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7cb4646f|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 November 2020|title=CASTA DIVA (1935)|publisher=}}</ref> Both films were made at the Tirrenia Studios in Italy.

== Plot == {{No plot|date=May 2025}}

==Cast== * Marta Eggerth as Maddalena Fumaroli * Phillips Holmes as Vincenzo Bellini * Benita Hume as Giuditta Pasta * Donald Calthrop as Judge Fumaroli * Arthur Margetson as Ernesto Tosi * Edmund Breon as Gioacchino Rossini * Basil Gill as Romanie * Hugh Miller as Niccolo Paganini * Edward Chapman as Saverio Mercadante * John Clements as Fiorino * John Deverell as King * Felix Aylmer as Butler * Peter Gawthorne as Felice Romani

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0171157}}

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