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.
| Prelude to Madness | |
|---|---|
_-_3.jpg) | |
| 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 |
|
Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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 edit
- Clara Calamai as Elena Leonardi
- Roldano Lupi as Piero Leonardi
- Jean Servais as Enrico Miller – il violinista
- Maria Melvin as Madre di Elena
- Lucio Marsaglia as Direttore del Casinò
- Ivo Sogliano as Segretario di Miller
References edit
Bibliography edit
- 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 edit
 | This article related to an Italian film of the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |