A Tale of Five Cities (Italian: Passaporto per l'oriente and released as A Tale of Five Women in the US) is a 1951 British-Italian international co-production drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini and five other directors.[1] The five cities cited in the title are: Rome, Paris, Berlin, London, and Vienna.[2]
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Directed by | Romolo Marcellini Emil E. Reinert Wolfgang Staudte Montgomery Tully Géza von Cziffra Irma von Cube |
Written by | Maurice J. Wilson Jacques Companéez Patrick Kirwan Richard Llewellyn Alexander Paal Piero Tellini Günther Weisenborn |
Produced by | Ermanno Donati Boris Morros Alexander Paal Paul Pantaleen Maurice J. Wilson |
Starring | Bonar Colleano Gina Lollobrigida Eva Bartok |
Edited by | Maurice Rootes |
Music by | Hans May |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom Italy Austria France West Germany |
Languages | English Italian |
When Englishman Bob Mitchell (Bonar Colleano) leaves his longtime home in America to enlist in the Royal Air Force, his grueling combat experiences result in a loss of memory. As Bob has no identity tags, doctors unknowingly repatriate him to America, where magazine editor Lesley (Barbara Kelly) learns of his condition. All Bob can recall are five women from various European cities, so the magazine sponsors a trip for him to visit each, hoping he'll learn crucial details of his identity.
Shooting took place at the Riverside Studios and Walton Studios as well as on location around the various cities. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Don Russell, Jean d'Eaubonne, Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Walter Kutz.[3]
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