Behind Closed Shutters (1951)
Middle class Sandra, engaged to be married and living in Turin, searches for her missing sister that is estranged from her family. For this, she enters the morally degraded back allies of the port city of Genoa and is exposed to the world of sex trafficking.
Director:
Luigi Comencini
Writers:
Franco Solinas, Massimo Mida, Gianni Puccini, Sergio Sollima.
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Massimo Girotti as Ingegnere Roberto |
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Eleonora Rossi Drago as Sandra |
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Giulietta Masina as Pippo |
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Liliana Gerace as Lucia Ferri |
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Adriana Sivieri as Iris |
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Octave Senoret as Edmondo |
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Cesarina Gheraldi as Gianna |
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Antonio Nicotra as Barale |
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Renato Baldini as Primavera |
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Goliarda Sapienza as La prostituta religiosa |
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Piero Pastore as Cinque |
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Lina Acconci as (uncredited) |
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Lalla Ambraziejus as (uncredited) |
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Ignazio Balsamo as Bit part (uncredited) |
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Alberto Collo as (uncredited) |
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Arturo Gallea as Il padre di Sandra e Lucia (uncredited) |
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Marcella Genuino as (uncredited) |
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Carmen Nazzari as (uncredited) |
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Gino Passarelli as Bit part (uncredited) |
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Luisa Rivelli as (uncredited) |
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Jone Salinas as Bit part (uncredited) |
| Directing | Luigi Comencini | Director |
| Directing | Armando Crispino | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Giovanni Canavero | Sound |
| Writing | Franco Solinas | Screenplay |
| Directing | Massimo Patrizi | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Marcello Giannini | Unit Manager |
| Writing | Gianni Puccini | Story |
| Sound | Aldo Calpini | Sound |
| Writing | Franco Solinas | Story |
| Writing | Sergio Sollima | Story |
| Writing | Massimo Mida | Story |
| Sound | Carlo Rustichelli | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Luigi Bertazzini | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Alfieri Canavero | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annunziata Piacentini | Seamstress |
| Directing | Serena Benvenuti | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Sergio Barbonese | Unit Manager |
| Art | Luigi Ricci | Production Design |
| Art | Italo Giraldi | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Massimo Mida | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gianni Puccini | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Gianni Villa | Gaffer |
| Writing | Sergio Sollima | Screenplay |
| Camera | Arturo Gallea | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Rolando Benedetti | Editor |
| Camera | Antonio Belviso | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annunziata Piacentini | Costume Design |
| Production | Enzo Provenzale | Production Manager |
| Production | Luigi Rovere | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Libero Politi | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Ugo Giacomozzi | Conductor |