Camillo Mastrocinque was one of many foreigners who came to Brazil in the 1950s to make films. The director of melodramas during the Italian fascist era directed this film, Areião (Inca Film, 1952), which could have spared Maria Della Costa. The film was renamed La priggione di sabbia to compete at the Venice Film Festival, but was rejected.
Camillo Mastrocinque
Director

Maria Della Costa
Orlando Villar
Carlos Cotrim

Mario Ferrari

Luciano Gregory
Armando Couto

Sandro Polônio
Nestor Alves de Lima