---
title: 'For the Love of Mariastella (1946)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pino Mercanti'
released: '1946-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/for-the-love-of-mariastella-1946'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038719/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# For the Love of Mariastella (1946)

1946 · 85 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: Malacarne

## Synopsis

For the Love of Mariastella is a 1946 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Pino Mercanti. Based on a story of the Sicilian writer Giuseppe Zucca, it was mainly shot in the tonnara of Castellammare del Golfo, with some scenes shot in the tonnaras of Scopello and of San Vito Lo Capo. It is considered as a progenitor of pink neorealism.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pino Mercanti](https://cinepixo.com/people/pino-mercanti)
- **Screenplay:** [Pino Mercanti](https://cinepixo.com/people/pino-mercanti)
- **Editor:** [Mario Serandrei](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-serandrei)

## Cast

- [Mariella Lotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/mariella-lotti)
- [Carlo Sposito](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-sposito)
- [Natale Cirino](https://cinepixo.com/people/natale-cirino)
- [Umberto Spadaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/umberto-spadaro)
- [Margherita Nicosia](https://cinepixo.com/people/margherita-nicosia)
- [Otello Toso](https://cinepixo.com/people/otello-toso)
- [Giovanni Grasso](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-grasso)
- [Amedeo Nazzari](https://cinepixo.com/people/amedeo-nazzari)

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