''Due lettere anonime'', internationally released as ''Two Anonymous Letters'', is a 1945

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war-

melodrama film In film studies and criticism, melodrama may variously refer to a genre, mode, style or sensibility characterized by its emphasis on intense and exaggerated emotions and heightened dramatic situations. There is no fixed definition of the term an ...

directed by

Mario Camerini Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Camerini began his career in the film industry in 1920, working for his cousin the director Augusto Genina. Camerini went on to direct his own fi ...

. For this film

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 ...

won a

Silver Ribbon The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...

for Best Actor.

Cast

Clara Calamai Clara Calamai (7 September 1909 – 21 September 1998) was an Italian actress. Career Calamai was born in Prato, Tuscany, on 7 September 1909. Calamai's first acting role was in the 1938 war film ''Pietro Micca'', directed by Aldo Vergano. I ...

: Gina *

: Bruno *

Otello Toso Otello Toso (22 February 1914 – 15 March 1966) was an Italian film and stage actor. Born in Padua, Toso graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 1939 and immediately later he started his film career. He was particularly pro ...

: Tullio *

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. Selected filmography * '' Before the Jury'' (1931) – Marcello Barra, il guardacaccia * '' Mother Earth'' ( ...

: Rossini *

Dina Sassoli Dina Sassoli (15 August 1920 – 24 March 2008) was an Italian film actress. She was born on 15 August 1920, in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was best known for her work with Italian director Mario Camerini. She died on 24 March 2008 in Rome ...

: Giulia *

Giovanna Scotto Giovanna Scotto (born Giovanna Margherita Piana-Canova; 26 August 1895 – 23 December 1985) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography Scotto was born in Turin to a theatre company administrator and she made her on-stage debut as a te ...

: Maria, la madre di Bruno * Arnaldo Martelli: cavalier Ernesto Pacetti * Stefano Fossari: tenente * Heinrich Bode: sergente Karl *

Vittorio Duse Vittorio Duse (21 March 1916 – 2 June 2005) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. Biography One of Duse's first roles was in Luchino Visconti's debut feature '' Ossessione'' (1942). Outside Italy, Duse is known for his role ...

: Ettore *

Pina Piovani Pina Piovani (20 March 1897 – 2 January 1955) was an Italian stage and film actress.Bìspuri p.126 She was married to the actor Giulio Battiferri. Partial filmography * ''Napule... e niente cchiù'' (1928) - Paquita - stella del varietá * ...

: operaia della tipografia

References

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* 1945 films Italian war drama films Films directed by Mario Camerini Italian black-and-white films 1940s war drama films 1945 drama films Films scored by Alessandro Cicognini Italian World War II films 1940s Italian films 1940s Italian-language films {{war-drama-film-stub