Article 519, Penal Code

Article 519, Penal Code
Film poster
Directed by	Leonardo Cortese
Written by	Oreste Biancoli Franco Brusati Vladimiro Cajoli Leonardo Cortese Paola Ojetti
Produced by	Robert Chabert
Starring	Henri Vidal Cosetta Greco Paolo Stoppa
Cinematography	Anchise Brizzi
Edited by	Otello Colangeli
Music by	Carlo Innocenzi
Production companies	Francinex Zeus Film
Distributed by	Zeus Film
Release date	29 October 1952 (1952-10-29)
Running time	86 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	Italian

Article 519, Penal Code (Italian: Art. 519 codice penale, French: Violence charnelle) is a 1952 French-Italian crime melodrama film directed by Leonardo Cortese and starring Henri Vidal, Cosetta Greco and Paolo Stoppa. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi.

Title

The movie was tentatively named as Violenza carnale (Sexual Assault), which is also the name of the article of the Italian penal code which until 1996 applied to sexual violence mentioned in the final title.

Cast

• Henri Vidal as Renato Berti
• Cosetta Greco as Clara Martini
• Paolo Stoppa as Avv. Sardi
• Rosy Mazzacurati as Luisa Berti
• Giorgio Albertazzi as Franco, Luisa's fiancée
• Denise Grey as Clara's mother
• Emilio Cigoli as Clara's father
• Maria Laura Rocca as Marta

Bibliography

• Domenico, Roy. The Devil and the Dolce Vita: Catholic Attempts to Save Italy's Soul, 1948-1974. CUA Press, 2021.

External links

• Art. 519 codice penale at IMDb