La voce senza volto

La voce senza volto is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli. It is part of the tradition of telefoni bianchi comedies, popular in Italy at the time.

Cast

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. The film features Giovanni Manurita, a popular tenor who had a brief film career. La voce senza volto would be his third last film.

Release

La voce senza volto was distributed theatrically in Italy by Juventus Film on January 5, 1939. 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.