Without a Flag

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Without a Flag
Senza bandiera.jpg
Directed by Lionello De Felice
Written by Franco Brusati
Jacopo Comin
Lionello De Felice
Luigi Freddi
Giorgio Prosperi
Nantas Salvalaggio
Produced byLuigi Freddi
Starring Massimo Serato
Paolo Stoppa
Walter Rilla
Cinematography Mario Craveri
Edited by Mario Serandrei
Music by Renzo Rossellini
Production
company
Elfo Film
Distributed by ENIC
Release date
October 1951
Running time
121 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Without a Flag (Italian: Senza bandiera) is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Massimo Serato, Paolo Stoppa and Walter Rilla. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. It was shot at Cinecittà in Rome.

Synopsis

During the First World War, an Italian officer attempts to break up an Austrian espionage ring operating out of neutral Switzerland.

Comment

De Felice's debut film Behind the Camera was shot in the Cinecittà studios. Registered in the Public Film Register with no. 980, was presented to the Film Review Commission on 21 September 1951, obtained censorship visa n. 10,616 of 2 October 1951, with the film length of 3,098 meters. [2] It had its first public screening in October 1951. [3] The collection was 141,500,000 lire.

Main cast

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