Wealth Without a Future

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Wealth Without a Future
Directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli
Written by
Produced by Eugenio Fontana
Starring
Cinematography Arturo Gallea
Edited by
Music by Ludovico Lunghi
Production
company
Alfa Cinematografica
Distributed by CINF
Release date
  • 1939 (1939)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Wealth Without a Future (Italian: Ricchezza senza domani) is a 1939 Italian drama film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring Lamberto Picasso, Paola Borboni and Doris Duranti. [1] A wealthy industrialist retires to live in the countryside.

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  1. Moliterno, p. 258.

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