Special Correspondents (1943 film)

Special Correspondents (Italian: Inviati speciali) is a 1943 Italian romantic thriller film directed by Romolo Marcellini and starring Dorothea Wieck, Otello Toso and Maurizio D'Ancora.^[1] It was produced as a propaganda film in support of the Italian war effort during the Second World War, released a few months before the overthrow of Benito Mussolini's regime.

Special Correspondents
Directed by	Romolo Marcellini
Written by	Giuseppe Castelletti Alberto Consiglio Ennio Flaiano Asvero Gravelli Virginio Lilli Romolo Marcellini
Starring	Dorothea Wieck Otello Toso Maurizio D'Ancora
Cinematography	Rodolfo Lombardi
Edited by	Vincenzo Zampi
Music by	Mario Ruccione
Production companies	Consorzio Italiano Film Littoria Film
Distributed by	ENIC
Release date	27 April 1943 (1943-04-27)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alberto Boccianti and Camillo Del Signore.

Synopsis

During the Spanish Civil War an Italian journalist meets a woman he takes to be a colleague, but is in fact a Communist agent. They encounter each other years later during the North African Campaign, where she has a change of heart and heroically sacrifices herself.

Cast

• Dorothea Wieck as Lidia Warren
• Otello Toso as Renato Marini
• Maurizio D'Ancora as L'operatore Galletti
• Nerio Bernardi as Il maggiore Alessandri
• Mino Doro as Il giornalista Prosperi
• Francesco Grandjacquet as Il commissario Michele Kuncef
• Carlo Duse as L'ufficiale di Stato Maggiore in Africa
• Barbara Ledi as Barbara Wood
• Luigi Pavese as Un colonnello
• Piero Palermini as Il giovane tenente
• Emilio Petacci as Richardson
• Otello Cazzola as De Gariata
• Mario Brizzolari as Il colonnello Garcia
• Maria Teresa Le Beau as L'informatrice
• Rita Livesi as La direttrice dell' hotel a Biarritz
• Paolo Ferrara as Baldassare
• Adele Garavaglia as La signora del telegrafo
• Saro Urzì as Un soldato