| La voce senza volto | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gennaro Righelli |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | Corrado D'Errico [1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Domenico Scala [1] |
| Edited by | Gisa Radicchi Levi [1] |
| Music by | Cesare A. Bixio [1] |
Production company | Juventus Film
[1] |
| Distributed by | Juventus Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes [1] |
| Country | Italy [1] |
La voce senza volto ( transl. The Faceless Voice) is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli. [1] [2] It is part of the tradition of telefoni bianchi ( transl. white telephone) comedies, popular in Italy at the time. [2]
- Cast adapted from Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. [1]
- Giovanni Manurita as Gino Malversi
- Vanna Vanni as Mirella Bonardi
- Elsa De Giorgi as an actress
- Carlo Romano as Maurizio Sala, the tenore
- Romolo Costa as Riva, the film director
- Claudio Ermelli as Tabarrini
- Adele Garavaglia as Gino's mother
- Anita Farra as the Hostel owner
- Nietta Zocchi as the actress' maid
La voce senza volto was shot at the Cinecittà Studios. [2] The film features Giovanni Manurita, a popular tenor who had a brief film career. [2] La voce senza volto would be his third last film. [2]
La voce senza volto was distributed theatrically in Italy by Juventus Film on January 5, 1939. [1] Film historian and critic Roberto Curti noted that the current prints of the film in Italy suffer from soundtrack damage, and feature voice work that was re-dubbed onto the film with contemporary dialogue. [2]
- Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387.
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