''Two Hearts'' (Italian: ''Due cuori'') is a 1943 Italian
romance film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...
directed by
Carlo Borghesio
Carlo Borghesio (24 June 1905 – 12 November 1983) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Turin, Borghesio started his career as an assistant director in the second half of the 1930s, notably collaborating ...
and starring
Erzsi Simor
Erzsi Simor (Born Erzsébet Mária Terézia Porteller; 1913–1977) was a Hungarian film actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Segítség, örököltem!'' (1937)
* '' The Perfect Man'' (1939)
* '' The Relative of His Excellency'' (1941)
* '' Dr. ...
,
Károly Kovács and
Osvaldo Genazzani
Osvaldo Genazzani was an Italian actor who appeared in more than forty films. He appeared alongside Amedeo Nazzari in the 1948 Spanish comedy ''Unexpected Conflict''.Lancia p.104
Selected filmography
* ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1926)
* ''Bocc ...
.
[Poppi p.430]
It was shot at the
Fert Studios
FERT (sometimes tripled, ''FERT, FERT, FERT''), the motto of the royal house of Savoy-Sardinia and Italy, the House of Savoy, was adopted by Duke Vittorio Amedeo II (1666–1732).
It appeared for the first time on the collar of the Supreme Or ...
in
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Guglielmo Borzone.
Cast
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Erzsi Simor
Erzsi Simor (Born Erzsébet Mária Terézia Porteller; 1913–1977) was a Hungarian film actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Segítség, örököltem!'' (1937)
* '' The Perfect Man'' (1939)
* '' The Relative of His Excellency'' (1941)
* '' Dr. ...
as Anna Serrati
*
Károly Kovács as Andrea Dalmonte
*
Osvaldo Genazzani
Osvaldo Genazzani was an Italian actor who appeared in more than forty films. He appeared alongside Amedeo Nazzari in the 1948 Spanish comedy ''Unexpected Conflict''.Lancia p.104
Selected filmography
* ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1926)
* ''Bocc ...
as Gianni Serrati
*
Nino Crisman
Nino Crisman (1911–1983) was an Italian actor and film producer. Crisman was born in the port city of Trieste when it was still a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Crisman made his film debut in 1939 during the Fascist era. He appeared as ...
as Ruggero Berti, il fidanzato di Anna
*
Guglielmo Sinaz
Guglielmo Sinaz (20 November 1885 – 5 February 1947) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1935 and 1947. He was born and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''I Love You Only'' (1935)
* '' The Grea ...
as De Marchis
*
Olga Vittoria Gentilli
Olga Vittoria Gentilli (19 July 1888 – 29 May 1957) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in around forty films during the Fascist era and immediate post-war years. She generally played supporting roles in films such as ''Naples ...
as Zia Gertrude
*
Ela Franceschetti as La cameriera
*
Ernesto Conte as L'avvocato
*
Domenico Grossetto
*
Tania Lante
*
Diana Mauri
*
Tina Santi
*
Felice Minotti
Felice Minotti (19 November 1887 – 21 March 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 91 films between 1908 and 1963.
Selected filmography
* '' The Revenge of Maciste'' (1921)
* '' Maciste on Vacation'' (1921)
* ''The House of Pulci ...
References
Bibliography
* Poppi, Roberto. ''I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri''. Gremese Editore, 2002.
External links
*
''Two Hearts''at
Variety Distribution
Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company.
It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward.
History
Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ...
1943 films
Italian romance films
1940s romance films
1940s Italian-language films
Films directed by Carlo Borghesio
Italian black-and-white films
1940s Italian films
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