Desperate Farewell

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Desperate Farewell
Desperate Farewell poster.jpg
Directed by Lionello De Felice
Written byAndrea Majocchi
Starring
Cinematography Mario Damicelli
Music by Carlo Rustichelli
Production
company
Mambretti Film
Distributed byDiana Cinematografica
Release date
  • 1955 (1955)
Running time
100 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
Language Italian

Desperate Farewell (Italian : Disperato addio) is a 1955 Italian melodrama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Massimo Girotti, Lise Bourdin and Andrea Checchi. [1] It is a medical drama based on a novel by Andrea Majocchi.

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