Prelude to Madness or Loveless Lovers (Italian: Amanti senza amore) is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Clara Calamai, Roldano Lupi and Jean Servais. It is inspired by the 1889 novella The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Gherardi. Location shooting took place in Orvieto and San Remo. It earned around 55 million lira at the box office.
Cast
Clara Calamai as Elena Leonardi
Roldano Lupi as Piero Leonardi
Jean Servais as Enrico Miller – il violinista
Maria Melvin as Madre di Elena
Lucio Marsaglia as Direttore del Casinò
Ivo Sogliano as Segretario di Miller
References
Bibliography
Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991. Gundle, Stephen. Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism. Berghahn Books, 2019.