Incantesimo

*Incantesimo*
Incantesimo
Genre	Medical drama; Soap opera;
Created by	Maria Venturi
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	588
Original release
Network	Rai 2; Rai 1
Release	June 8, 1998 –; July 4, 2008

Incantesimo (English: Enchantment) is a long-running Italian drama series, originally broadcast on the RAI network from 1998 to 2008. It is mainly set in a hospital called Clinica Life in Rome, Italy, and revolves around the lives of its staff. It is known for having different lead actors who play a different story in almost every of its ten seasons.

Production and release

Incantesimo originally premiered in June 1998, on the Italian Rai 2 channel as an alternative prime time programming to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, which was being broadcast live at the time on Rai 1. The plot is written by popular Italian writer Maria Venturi. Gianni Lepre directed the series. The main characters are played by Agnese Nano, Vanni Corbellini and Giovanni Guidelli. The actress Daniela Poggi, who plays the malicious Cristina Ansaldi – one of the most notable characters – was personally called by Gianni Lepre to join the cast as he thought she was perfect for the role.

Surprisingly, the first season was very successful, attracting more than 4 million viewers during the broadcasting of its 10 episodes.

In Romania, the series was broadcast on TVR Timişoara

Main cast

Agnese Nano: Barbara Nardi
Vanni Corbellini: Thomas Berger
Giovanni Guidelli: Roberto Ansaldi
Paola Pitagora: Giovanna Medici
Delia Boccardo: Tilly Nardi
Giuseppe Pambieri: Diego Olivares
Paolo Malco: Giuseppe Ansaldi
Daniela Poggi: Cristina Ansaldi
Linda Batista: Denise Nascimento
Guia Jelo: Costanza De Nittis
Ray Lovelock: Hans Rudolph
Warner Bentivegna: Emilio Dupré
Caterina Vertova: Myriam Santi
Kaspar Capparoni: Max Rudolph
Patrizia La Fonte: Olga Sciarra
Valentina Chico: Caterina Masi
Alessio Boni: Marco Oberon
Hélène Nardini: Rita Oberon
Vanessa Gravina: Paola Dupré
Giorgio Borghetti: Michele Massa
Barbara Livi: Martina Morante
Lorenzo Flaherty: Andrea Bini
Antonia Liskova: Laura Gellini
Lorenzo Ciompi: Luca Biagi
Samuela Sardo: Giulia Donati
Walter Nudo: Antonio Corradi
Sonia Aquino: Rossella Natoli
Alessandra Acciai: Cora Torrini
Paolo Lanza: Oscar Sensi
Orso Maria Guerrini: Ivano Nardi
Ramona Badescu: Sonya Laris
Nina Soldano: Luciana Galli
Angiola Baggi: Anna Danesi
Roberto Alpi: Giulio De Biase
Emilio Bonucci: Carlo Giudici
Luigi Maria Burruano: Vittorio Ajello
Micaela Esdra: Rosalba Baroni
Elisabetta Pellini: Dori/Lara Baroni
Anna Melato: Franca Melli
Giampiero Bianchi: Guido Morante
Marzia Ubaldi: Amalia Forti
Stefania Casini: Carla Ferrini
Nino Castelnuovo: Ernesto Longhi
Mirca Viola: Luisa Donati
Laura Chiatti: Stella Loti
Benedetta Massola: Ludovica Segre
Carlotta Miti: Sara Segre
Ivana Monti: Liliana Donati
Giacomo Piperno: Renato Corradi
Erika Blanc: Eleonora Loti
Benedetta Gargari: Giada Donati
Luigi Diberti: Edoardo De Nittis
Eleonora Brigliadori: Viviana Costantini
Corinne Cléry: Viola Dessi
Paolo Ferrari: Luciano Mauri
Ivo Garrani: Umberto Curti

References

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