Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa

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name = Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa


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director = Luchino Visconti
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writer = Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Enrico Medioli
Luchino Visconti
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starring = Michael Craig
Claudia Cardinale
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released = flagicon|Italy 16 September, 1965
flagicon|USA 16 January, 1966
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country = Italy
language = Italian
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imdb_id = 0059856

"Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa" is a 1965 Italian film directed by Luchino Visconti. It was released as "Sandra" in the USA and as "Of These Thousand Pleasures" in the UK.

Plot

It tells the story of an American husband named Andrew (Michael Craig) who accompanies his wife Sandra (Claudia Cardinale) to her ancestral estate in Volterra, Tuscany, but finds that she is trapped by the memories of her twisted relationship with her family. She wishes to pay homage to her father who died in Auschwitz where she was still a little child. In Volterra, Andrew meets for the first time Gianni, Sandra's brother. He soon realizes that Sandra and Gianni have a secret since their childhood.

Cast

*Claudia Cardinale ... Sandra Dawson
*Jean Sorel ... Gianni Wald-Luzzati
*Michael Craig ... Andrew Dawson
*Renzo Ricci ... Antonio Gilardini
*Fred Williams ... Pietro Formari
*Amalia Troiani ... Fosca - maid
*Marie Bell ... Sandra's mother
*Vittorio Manfrino
*Renato Moretti
*Giovanni Rovini
*Paola Piscini
*Isacco Politi
*Ferdinando Scarfiotti

Awards

The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

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title=Golden Lion winner
years=1965
before="Red Desert"
after="The Battle of Algiers"