The Song of Love (Italian: La canzone dell'amore) is a 1930 Italian romance film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Dria Paola, Isa Pola and Elio Steiner. It was the first Italian talking film. Alessandro Blasetti's film Resurrection was actually shot first, but delays meant that it was not released until 1931. The film was first publicly screened on 7 October 1930 at the Supercinema in Rome. The story was based on a novella by Luigi Pirandello, In Silenzio. The film was shot at the Cines-Pittaluga studios in Rome in three different versions: Italian, French and German using different casts and directors. Plot summary Cast Dria Paola as Lucia Isa Pola as Anna Elio Steiner as Enrico Mercedes Brignone as La governante Camillo Pilotto as Alberto Giordani, il padre Olga Capri as La padrona di casa Nello Rocchi as Marietto detto 'Ninì' Umberto Sacripante as Amico di Enrico Geni Sadero as La dirimpettaia Franz Sala Ermete Tamberlani Renato Malavasi Gino Mercuriali References Bibliography Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links 1930 films 1930s Italian-language films 1930 romantic drama films Films based on works by Luigi Pirandello Films directed by Gennaro Righelli Films set in Rome Italian multilingual films Italian black-and-white films Films based on short fiction Cines Studios films Italian romantic drama films 1930 multilingual films 1930s Italian films