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La voce senza volto (transl. The Faceless Voice) is a 1939 Italian 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]

La voce senza volto
Directed by	Gennaro Righelli
Screenplay by	Corrado D'Errico Aldo De Benedetti Riccardo Freda Ivo Perilli[1]
Story by	Corrado D'Errico[1]
Starring	Giovanni Manurita Vanna Vanni Elsa De Giorgi Carlo Romano
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	5 January 1939 (1939-01-05) (Italy)
Running time	69 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]

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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