Invisible Chains (film)

Invisible Chains
Invisible Chains
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Written by	Aldo De Benedetti; ; Marcello Marchesi; ; Mario Mattoli
Produced by
Starring	Alida Valli ; Carlo Ninchi ; Giuditta Rissone
Cinematography	Anchise Brizzi
Edited by	Fernando Tropea
Music by	Carlo Innocenzi
Production; company	Italcine
Distributed by	Industrie Cinematografiche Italiane
Release date	1 April 1942;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Invisible Chains (Italian: Catene invisibili) is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Alida Valli, Carlo Ninchi and Giuditta Rissone.^[1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ottavio Scotti and .

Plot[]

Following the death of her industrialist father, a young socialite inherits his business empire. Discovering that she has an illegitimate half-brother, she tries to assist him by finding him employment in the factory, but his criminal behaviour lets her down. Finally, she finds love and companionship in the engineer who runs the factory on her behalf.

Cast[]

Alida Valli as Elena Silvagni
Carlo Ninchi as Carlo Danieli
Giuditta Rissone as La signora Matilde Silvagni
Andrea Checchi as Enrico Leni, il fratellastro
Jone Morino as La madre di Enrico
Carlo Campanini as Cesare Tani
Luigi Almirante as Un amico dei Silvagni
Ada Dondini as La fioraia
Armando Migliari as Il commissario
Augusto Marcacci as Il direttore dell'albergo
Arturo Bragaglia as Il cameriere di casa Tani
Cesare Fantoni as Il maggiordomo di casa Silvagni
Ciro Berardi as Giulio Berri
as L'avvocato della querela
as La segretaria di Danieli
Giovanni Cimara as Un industriale di Milano
as Il mediatore
Giovanni Dolfini as Il direttore della prigione
Oreste Fares as Il notaio
as Marini
as Un amico tennista di Elena
as Un'amica di Elena
Renato Malavasi as L'impiegato dell'albergo
Nino Marchesini as Un membro del consiglio d'amministrazione
as Il segretario del commissario
as Un' amica di Elena
Giovanni Petrucci as Gino, il barista
as L'equivoco compagno di Enrico
as Daniela, la commessa fioraia
as Claretta
Umberto Spadaro as Un amico di Enrico al biliardo
as Una cameriera di casa Silvagni
as Il dottore Moretti
as Un impiegato di Danieli

References[]

^ Gundle p.236

Bibliography[]

Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links[]

Invisible Chains at IMDb

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[1] Gundle p.236

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