Special Correspondents (1943 film)

Special Correspondents
Special Correspondents
Directed by	Romolo Marcellini
Written by	Giuseppe Castelletti; ; Ennio Flaiano; Asvero Gravelli; Virginio Lilli; Romolo Marcellini;
Starring	Dorothea Wieck; Otello Toso; Maurizio D'Ancora;
Cinematography	Rodolfo Lombardi
Edited by
Music by
Production; companies	Consorzio Italiano Film; Littoria Film;
Distributed by	ENIC
Release date	27 April 1943
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Special Correspondents (Italian: Inviati special) is a 1943 Italian romantic thriller film directed by Romolo Marcellini and starring Dorothea Wieck, Otello Toso and Maurizio D'Ancora.^[1] It was produced as a propaganda film in support of the Italian war effort during the Second World War, released a few months before the overthrow of Benito Mussolini's regime.

It was shot at the of Titanus in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alberto Boccianti and .

Synopsis[]

During the Spanish Civil War an Italian journalist meets a woman he takes to be a colleague, but is in fact a Communist agent. They encounter each other years later during the North African Campaign, where she has a change of heart and heroically sacrifices herself.

Cast[]

Dorothea Wieck as Lidia Warren
Otello Toso as Renato Marini
Maurizio D'Ancora as L'operatore Galletti
Nerio Bernardi as Il maggiore Alessandri
Mino Doro as Il giornalista Prosperi
Francesco Grandjacquet as Il commissario Michele Kuncef
Carlo Duse as L'ufficiale di Stato Maggiore in Africa
as Barbara Wood
Luigi Pavese as Un colonnello
Piero Palermini as Il giovane tenente
Emilio Petacci as Richardson
as De Gariata
as Il colonnello Garcia
as L'informatrice
Rita Livesi as La direttrice dell' hotel a Biarritz
as Baldassare
Adele Garavaglia as La signora del telegrafo
Saro Urzì as Un soldato

References[]

^ Trubiano p.16

Bibliography[]

Trubiano, Marisa S. Ennio Flaiano and His Italy: Postcards from a Changing World. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2010.

External links[]

Special Correspondents at IMDb

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[1] Trubiano p.16

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