Antonio Fogazzaro

Malombra is a 1974 TV film directed by Raffaele Meloni and based on the novel of the same name by Antonio Fogazzaro.

The film follows the struggles of an idealistic Catholic politician.

A nineteenth-century Italian noblewoman, imprisoned in a foreboding lakeside palazzo by her uncle, comes to believe she's possessed by a long ago mistress of the manor.

Franco, a young man of noble descent, marries Luisa, daughter of a humble clerk, against his grandmother's will.

Marina di Malombra (Borelli) lives in a castle prior to her wedding. She begins to read letters written by an ancestor called Cecilia. She finds out that Cecilia was driven to her death by her uncle. Marina identifies with Cecilia and take revenge on her behalf by murdering her uncle.