Prelude to Madness
Prelude to Madness | |
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Directed by | Gianni Franciolini |
Written by | Gianni Franciolini Gianna Manzini Vittorio Nino Novarese Ivo Perilli Antonio Pietrangeli Guido Piovene |
Based on | The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy |
Produced by | Carlo Ponti |
Starring | Clara Calamai Roldano Lupi Jean Servais |
Cinematography | Carlo Montuori |
Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
Music by | Nino Rota |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Lux Film |
Release date | 10 January 1948 |
Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Prelude to Madness or Loveless Lovers (Italian: Amanti senza amore) is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Clara Calamai, Roldano Lupi and Jean Servais.[1] It is inspired by the 1889 novella The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Gherardi. Location shooting took place in Orvieto and San Remo. It earned around 55 million lira at the box office.[2]
Cast[]
- Clara Calamai as Elena Leonardi
- Roldano Lupi as Piero Leonardi
- Jean Servais as Enrico Miller - il violinista
- as Madre di Elena
- as Direttore del Casinò
- as Segretario di Miller
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
- Gundle, Stephen. Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism. Berghahn Books, 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- Italian-language films
- 1948 films
- Italian films
- Italian drama films
- 1948 drama films
- Films directed by Gianni Franciolini
- Lux Film films
- 1940s Italian film stubs