A dead husband walks into Venice. Awkward doesn't begin to cover it.
Carlo Savelli, gone missing after the war, returns to Italia after many years. His wife Anna, believing him dead, has established a romance with Andrea, and in order to keep him happy, she follows him to Venice.
Cinematography
Venice as misty, mournful character.
Acting
Nazzari's haunted eyes say everything.
Director
Mario Costa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Italy's neorealist hangover, when melodrama reclaimed the screen from bicycle thieves.
Lída Baarová was a real-life scandal—Czech star, Goebbels affair, career destroyed. Her casting adds ghostly weight.
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