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Valli's movie career suffered in 1953 from a scandal surrounding the death of Wilma Montesi, whose body was found on a public beach near Ostia. Prolonged investigations resulted, involving allegations of drug and sex orgies in Roman society.
The alleged involvement of Ugo Montagna and Piero Piccioni (son of deputy prime minister, Attilio Piccioni and lover of actress Alida Valli) caused a scandal. Subsequently they were absolved of all charges. The case remains unsolved, including the cause of death.
Senso is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti, based on Camillo Boito's novella of the same name. Set during the Third Italian War of Independence , the film follows the Italian Contessa Livia Serpieri ( Alida Valli ), who has an affair with the Austrian Lieutenant Franz Mahler ( Farley Granger ).
Dec 13, 2012 · 106 Valli's new trajectory suffered a brusque arrest in 1954 when she was obliged to provide an alibi to her new partner, who was accused of causing the death of a carpenter's daughter after a drug-fuelled orgy.
- Stephen Gundle
- 2012
Oct 9, 2009 · Monday, Mar. 22, 1954. Before Italy’s Chamber of Deputies, Premier Mario Scelba spoke solemnly of affairs of state-taxes and governmental reform, his government’s support of EDC, the dangers of Communism and neo-Fascism. But the immediate threat to his new regime involved none of these, nor did it lie within the walls of the chamber.
Involved in an infamous drug, sex and murder scandal in 1954. Her name Alida means "flies like a bird." Voiced the character of "Dr. Constance Petersen" in a 1940s radio broadcast of Alfred Hitchcock 's classic, Spellbound (1945) .
This lush, Technicolor tragic romance from Luchino Visconti stars Alida Valli as a nineteenth-century Italian countess who, during the Austrian occupation of her country, puts her marriage and political principles on the line by engaging in a torrid affair with a dashing Austrian lieutenant, played by Farley Granger.
