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

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

Production

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]

Release

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]

References

Bibliography

• Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387.

External links

• La voce senza volto at IMDb

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