Assunta Spina (1914 Gustavo Serena & Francesca Bertini

These hot-headed Neopolitans, going around stabbing each other. Melodrama isn't interesting cinematically, with long passages of people talking, but with no titles, an unmoving camera and lack of close-ups. Of most interest is seeing 1914 Napoli, a cold and grubby looking place, photographed by Alberto G Carta. I should be entitled to some sort of endurance award, surely.

From a play by Salvatore di Giacomo. With the reasonably natural Francesca Bertini, Gustavo Serena, Carlo Benetti and Luciano Albertini.