''Desperate Farewell'' () is a 1955 Italian

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directed by Lionello De Felice and starring

Massimo Girotti Massimo Girotti (18 May 1918 – 5 January 2003) was an Italian film actor whose career spanned seven decades. Biography Born in Mogliano, in the province of Macerata, Girotti developed his athletic physique by swimming and playing polo. While ...

Lise Bourdin Lise Bourdin (born 30 November 1925) is a French retired film actress. As of 2017, Bourdin resided in Paris. Selected filmography * ''Children of Love'' (1953) * '' The River Girl'' (1954) * ''The Last Five Minutes ''The Last Five Minutes'' (I ...

and

Andrea Checchi Andrea Checchi (21 October 1916 – 29 March 1974) was a prolific Italian film actor. Biography Born in Florence, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974. The son of a painter, he s ...

.Goble p.302 It is a medical drama based on a novel by Andrea Majocchi.

Cast

as Dott. Andrea Pitti *

as Luisa Bozzi *

as Dott. Maurizio Marini * Xenia Valderi as Anna * Jane Hugo *

Marcella Rovena Marcella Rovena (22 January 1905 – 6 October 1991) was an Italian film and voice actress. Born in Conegliano Conegliano (; Venetian language, Venetian: ''Conejan'') is a town and ''comune'' of the Veneto region, Italy, in the province of Trevi ...

* Emma Baron * Nanda Primavera as Zia di Luisa *

Renato Malavasi Renato Malavasi (8 August 1904 – 7 October 1998) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 135 films between 1921 and 1985. Selected filmography * '' The Golden Vein'' (1928) * '' The Song of Love'' (1930) * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ' ...

Alessandro Fersen Alessandro Fersen (5 December 1911 – 3 October 2001) was a Polish-born Italian dramatist, actor, theater director, author and drama teacher. Life He was born as Aleksander Fajrajzen in Łódź to a Jewish family, that moved to Genoa in 1913. ...

Aldo Silvani Aldo Silvani (21 January 1891 – 12 November 1964) was an Italian stage, film and voice actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1934 and 1964. Selected filmography * ''Cardinal Lambertini (1934 film), Cardinal Lambertini'' (1934) * ...

* Augusto Pennella as Giorgio - son of Luisa *

Laura Gore Laura Gore (born Laura Emilia Regli; 30 September 1918 – 27 March 1957) was an Italian actress and voice actress. She appeared in 39 films between 1945 and 1955. While studying accounting, in 1940 she won the eighth edition of the amateur ...

* Gisella Monaldi * Eros Macchi *

Rita Livesi Rita Livesi (4 March 1915 – 30 April 1989) was a Sardinian film actress. She is known for ''Amore amaro'' (1974), ''Il berretto a sonagli'' (1985) and ''La ragazza del vagone letto'' (1979). Livesi died in Rome on 30 April 1989, at the age of ...

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 conce ...

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

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