Luisa Ferida started as a stage actress and first appeared in films
with La Freccia d'oro (1935) in a supporting role but because of her
photogenic looks and talent as an actress, she soon graduated to
leading parts at the end of the thirties. In 1939, whilst working on
Der geheimnisvolle Rächer (1939)
directed by the celebrated
Alessandro Blasetti, she met
Osvaldo Valenti. The pair became
romantically involved and had a son. Valenti had been linked with many
Fascist officials and personalities for years, and this is the reason
why he featured on the partisans' hit list. He was finally arrested in
Milan, alongside a pregnant Ferida in April 1945. They were both
sentenced to be executed and shot immediately in the street.
