Vendetta (1950 film)

Vendetta is a 1950 film based on the 1840 novella Colomba by Prosper Mrime, about a young Corsican girl who pushes her brother to kill to avenge their fathers murder.

In 1825, in the village of Pietranera in Frenchcontrolled Corsica, hotblooded maiden Colomba della Rabia Faith Domergue wants her brother Orso George Dolenz to avenge the murder of their father by the powerful Barracini family. Despite being a lieutenant, Orso is a man of peace and reason who opposes the Corsican practice of vendetta and revenge he is more interested in courting the beautiful English aristocrat, Lydia Nevil Hillary Brooke, who is vacationing on the island with her father, Col. Sir Thomas Nevil Nigel Bruce.To persuade Orso to do his family duty, Colomba must have the help of a family friend, the bandit Padrino Donald Buka, and his servant Brando Hugo Haas. When Orso is finally convinced that the Barracinis are guilty, and were acquitted at trial due to perjured testimony, he challenges Vincente Barracini to a duel, which pleases Colomba but horrifies Lydia. She is now bethrothed to Orso, but threatens to leave him if he goes through with the duel. ........

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