Empty Eyes (1953)
A young and shy girl Celestina arrives from her small home village to Rome to become a housemaid. Her inexperience and naivety causes her to change her employers quite frequently. As she is moving from one family to another she makes friends with other Roman maids and falls desperately in love with a handsome plumber Fernando. But Fernando isn't telling Celestina that he is already engaged to another woman.
Director:
Antonio Pietrangeli
Writers:
Ugo Pirro, Antonio Pietrangeli, Lucio Battistrada.
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Gabriele Ferzetti as Fernando Maestrelli |
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Irène Galter as Celestina |
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Pina Bottin as Marcella |
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Maria Pia Trepaoli as Armida |
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Scilla Vannucci as Italia |
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Anna Maria Dossena as Elvira Palmucci |
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Aristide Baghetti as Professor Nicotera |
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Fara Libassi as Edvige |
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Attilio Martella as Vittorio Emanuele Lorusso |
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Turi Pandolfini as Macaluso |
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Francesco Mulè as Marcucci, Fernando's colleague |
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Paolo Stoppa as Egisto Palmucci |
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Lia Di Leo as Gina, Fernando's wife |
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Mariolina Bovo as |
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Rina Dei as Domestica |
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Vittorio Duse as Evasio, butler |
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Mimmo Palmara as Marcella's Fiancé |
| Directing | Antonio Pietrangeli | Director |
| Writing | Ugo Pirro | Screenplay |
| Production | Paolo Moffa | Production Manager |
| Sound | Mario Bartolomei | Sound |
| Sound | Franco Mannino | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Marcello Gatti | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Antonio Pietrangeli | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leandro Marini | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Vincenzo Del Prato | Set Decoration |
| Production | Mario Gabrielli | Production Assistant |
| Production | Pietro Notarianni | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Domenico Scala | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Antonio Pietrangeli | Story |
| Editing | Eraldo Da Roma | Editor |
| Art | Gianni Polidori | Production Design |
| Directing | Vanda Tuzzi | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Borzelli | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Marcella Benvenuti | Assistant Editor |
| Writing | Lucio Battistrada | Screenplay |
| Directing | Franco Zeffirelli | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Turi Vasile | Producer |