Crossroads of Passion (French: Carrefour des passions, Italian: Gli uomini sono nemici) is a 1948 French-Italian drama film directed by Ettore Giannini and Henri Calef and starring Viviane Romance, Clément Duhour and Valentina Cortese. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini.

Synopsis

Lisbon, the capital of Neutral Portugal, is a hotbed of spies. Mario, a cabaret singer working for the Allies is responsible for the death of an Italian agent. His widow Irène heads to Portugal and in her desire for revenge she agrees to work for the Nazis.

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Cast

Viviane Romance as Irène Dumesnil

Clément Duhour as Mario de Falla

Valentina Cortese as Maria Pilar

Gina Falckenberg as Hilde von Baldur

Fosco Giachetti as Toniani

Aroldo Tieri as Franciolini

Hans Hinrich as Fischer

Jean Wall as Jean Claes

Joop van Hulzen as Schmidt

Olinto Cristina as Dr. Slaceck

Sembt as Von Baldur

Wanda Capodaglio

Henri Charrett

Andrea Checchi

Riccardo Foti

Marcello Giorda

Folco Lulli

Silvana Mangano

Guido Notari

Nico Pepe

Franco Pesce

References

Bibliography

Manuel Palacio & Jörg Türschmann. Transnational Cinema in Europe. LIT Verlag Münster, 2013.

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External links

1948 films

French drama films

1940s Italian-language films

1948 drama films

Italian black-and-white films

Films directed by Ettore Giannini

Films directed by Henri Calef

French black-and-white films

Italian drama films

Films scored by Joseph Kosma

1940s Italian films

1940s French films

Films set in Lisbon

World War II films

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