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:
Massimo Mida, Gianni Puccini, Franco Solinas, 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 |
| Writing | Massimo Mida | Story |
| Writing | Massimo Mida | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gianni Puccini | Story |
| Writing | Gianni Puccini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Franco Solinas | Story |
| Writing | Franco Solinas | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sergio Sollima | Story |
| Writing | Sergio Sollima | Screenplay |
| Art | Luigi Ricci | Production Design |
| Directing | Massimo Patrizi | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Armando Crispino | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Serena Benvenuti | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Aldo Calpini | Sound |
| Sound | Giovanni Canavero | Sound |
| Camera | Alfieri Canavero | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Italo Giraldi | Set Decoration |
| Lighting | Gianni Villa | Gaffer |
| Camera | Luigi Bertazzini | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annunziata Piacentini | Seamstress |
| Production | Marcello Giannini | Unit Manager |
| Production | Sergio Barbonese | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Carlo Rustichelli | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Luigi Rovere | Producer |
| Camera | Arturo Gallea | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Rolando Benedetti | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annunziata Piacentini | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Libero Politi | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Enzo Provenzale | Production Manager |
| Camera | Antonio Belviso | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Ugo Giacomozzi | Conductor |