La voce senza volto
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| director = Gennaro Righelli
| screenplay = {{plainlist|* Corrado D'Errico
- Aldo De Benedetti
- Riccardo Freda
- Ivo Perilli{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=290}}}}
| 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}}
- 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.{{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
}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0030945}}
{{Gennaro Righelli}}
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Category:Films directed by Gennaro Righelli
Category:Italian black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
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