Women Without Names
Women Without Names is an Italian drama film of 1950 directed by Géza von Radványi and starring Valentina Cortese, Simone Simon, Vivi Gioi, and Françoise Rosay.
Plot
The film is set in the Casa Rossa displaced persons concentration camp in Alberobello, Apulia, after the Second World War. It shows what happened soon after the war to many women of different nationalities, coming into Italy from other parts of Europe, hoping to be repatriated or accepted by some other country. Yvonne Dubois (Simone Simon) is a Frenchwoman, ready to marry anyone to get out of the camp. Anna Petrovic (Valentina Cortese) is a young widow from Yugoslavia, locked up in the camp and expecting a child. Her husband was shot down before her eyes by the enemy. Janka Nowotska (Irasema Dilian) is a Pole who was working in a German brothel and has lost her mind. Hilda von Schwartzendorf (Vivi Gioi) is a German woman doctor, and there are also British women.
More details
| author | Corrado Alvaro Fausto Tozzi Géza von Radványi René Barjavel |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Apulia |
| director | Géza von Radványi |
| editor | Elena Zanoli René Le Hénaff Tatiana Casini Morigi |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | alberobello baby baby boy commanding officer concentration camp cry displaced persons displaced persons camps in post–world war ii europe expect force irasema dilian lock up second world war woman doctor world war i |
| musicBy | Roman Vlad |
| producer | Giorgio Agliani |
| productionCompany | Navona Film |
| publisher | Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche |
| recordedAt | Apulia |