''Without a Flag'' (Italian: ''Senza bandiera'') is a 1951 Italian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Lionello De Felice Lionello is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: * Lionello Bononi, Italian of the Baroque period * Lionello Cecil (1893–1957), Australian operatic tenor * Lionello d'Este (1407–1450), marquis of Ferrara and Duke of ...

and starring

Massimo Serato Massimo Serato, born Giuseppe Segato, (31 May 1916 – 22 December 1989) was an Italian film actor with a career spanning over 40 years. Serato was born in Oderzo, Veneto, Italy and started appearing in films in 1938. He played leading roles in ...

Paolo Stoppa Paolo Stoppa Knight Grand Cross (6 June 1906 – 1 May 1988) was an Italian actor. Biography Born in Rome, he began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932. As a stage actor, his most celebrated ...

and

Walter Rilla Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent.Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), pg. 213 He appea ...

. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Alfredo Montori Alfredo Montori (1893-1969) was an Italian art director. He designed the sets for more than a hundred films.Smith p.116 Selected filmography * '' My Little One'' (1933) * '' Lady of Paradise'' (1934) * '' The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937) * ''A Lad ...

. It was shot at

Cinecittà Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City Studios), is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios we ...

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Synopsis

During the

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, an Italian officer attempts to break up an

Austrian Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ...

espionage ring operating out of neutral Switzerland.

Comment

De Felice's debut film Behind the Camera was shot in the Cinecittà studios. Registered in the Public Film Register with no. 980, was presented to the Film Review Commission on 21 September 1951, obtained censorship visa n. 10,616 of 2 October 1951, with the film length of 3,098 meters. It had its first public screening in October 1951. The collection was 141,500,000 lire.

Main cast

Vivi Gioi Vivi Gioi, born Vivienne Trumpy (2 January 1917, Livorno – 12 July 1975, Fregene) was an Italian actress. Her alternative professional last name Diesca was an anagram of De Sica, the famous actor and director with whom she was in love. She i ...

as Helga Grueber *

as Leutnant Morassi *

Umberto Spadaro Umberto Spadaro (8 November 1904 – 12 October 1981) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in around 95 films between 1940 and 1979. His brother Peppino Spadaro was also an actor. Selected filmography * ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (1939) – ...

as Natale Papini - Lo scassinatore *

as Poggi - Il professore *

as Spionagechef *

Heinz Moog Gustav Heinrich Eduard Moog (28 June 1908 – 9 May 1989) was a German actor.http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13495155.html He appeared in more than seventy films from 1943 to 1989. Filmography References External links * Audio r ...

as Baron von Loetzendorff *

Carlo Ninchi Carlo Ninchi (31 May 1896 – 27 April 1974) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1963. He was born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, and died on 27 April 1974 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Selected filmogra ...

as Il Comandante *

Guido Celano Guido Celano (19 April 1904 – 7 March 1988) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1988. He also directed two Spaghetti Westerns: '' Cold Killer'' and '' Gun Shy Piluk''. He was born ...

as Sottocapo Poggi *

Laura Solari Laura Solari ( Camaur; 5 January 1913 – 13 September 1984) was an Italian film actress. Early and personal life Laura Camaur was born on 5 January 1913, in Trieste, then part of Austria-Hungary. She was the daughter of sculptor and arti ...

as la signora Merrick *

Nietta Zocchi Nietta Zocchi (10 July 1909 – 23 April 1981) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1936 and 1976. Selected filmography * ''The Amnesiac'' (1936) - Zelinda (uncredited) * '' To Live'' (1936) - Una spettatrice al concer ...

as la cameriera di Helda *

Camillo Pilotto Camillo Pilotto (6 February 1888 Birth name: Camillo Raul Vittorio Pilotto. – 27 May 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 101 films between 1916 and 1963. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''The Song ...

as l'ispettore del controspionaggio * Luigi Cimara as il diplomatico in Svizzera *

Guido Notari Guido Notari (10 May 1893 - 21 January 1957) was an Italian actor and radio presenter. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1939 to 1956. Filmography References External links * 1893 births 1957 deaths Italian male film actors ...

as l'ammiraglio *

Fanny Marchiò Fanny Marchiò (1904–1980) was an Italian stage, film and television actress.Goble p.34 She was born in Corfu to an Italian family, her parents were both actors. She was married to Renato Navarrini. Selected filmography * '' The Lady in Whit ...

as una donna patronessa

References

Bibliography

* Gianni Rondolino. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano 1945-1969''. Einaudi, 1969.

External links

* 1951 films 1950s spy films Italian spy films 1950s Italian-language films World War I spy films Italian historical films 1950s historical films Films scored by Renzo Rossellini Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub