''Shadows Over Trieste'' (Italian: ''Ombre su Trieste'') is a 1952 Italian

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directed by Nerino Florio Bianchi and starring

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and Adriana Innocenti. It was part of a group of films made around the time that asserted

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's unquestionable right to the disputed

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. It was funded by investors in

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and featured several local actors including Ketty Burba, a former Miss Trieste.Pizzi p.62

Cast

* Felga Lauri as Lori * Filiberto Conti as Iuri *

as Taiola *

as Carmine * Adriana Innocenti as Angela * Tino Giordani as Bertino *

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as La baronessa * Ketty Burba as Elena * Raf Pindi as Don Mario

References

Bibliography

* Pizzi, Katia. ''A City in Search of an Author''. A&C Black, 2002.

External links

* 1952 films 1950s Italian-language films Films set in Trieste Italian war films 1952 war films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub