La voce senza volto

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| director = Gennaro Righelli

| screenplay = {{plainlist|* Corrado D'Errico

| story = Corrado D'Errico{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=290}}

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| starring = {{plainlist|* Giovanni Manurita

| music = Cesare A. Bixio{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=290}}

| cinematography = Domenico Scala{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=290}}

| editing = Gisa Radicchi Levi{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=290}}

| studio = Juventus Film{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=290}}

| distributor =Juventus Film

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1939|1|5|Italy|ref1=}}

| runtime = 69 minutes{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=290}}

| country = Italy{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=290}}

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La voce senza volto ({{translation|The Faceless Voice}}) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=290}}{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=22}} It is part of the tradition of telefoni bianchi ({{translation|white telephone}}) comedies, popular in Italy at the time.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=22}}

Cast

:Cast adapted from Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=290}}

Production

La voce senza volto was shot at the Cinecittà Studios.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=22}} The film features Giovanni Manurita, a popular tenor who had a brief film career.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=22}} La voce senza volto would be his third last film.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=22}}

Release

La voce senza volto was distributed theatrically in Italy by Juventus Film on January 5, 1939.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=290}} 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.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=22}}

References

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=Bibliography=

  • {{cite book

|last=Curti

|first=Roberto

|title=Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker

|publisher=McFarland

|isbn=978-1476628387

|year=2017

}}