A Tale of Five Cities ( and released as A Tale of Five Women in the US) is a 1951 British-Italian international co-production drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini and five other directors. The five cities cited in the title are: Rome, Paris, Berlin, London, and Vienna.
Plot
Englishman Bob Mitchell leaves his longtime home in America to enlist in the Royal Air Force. After the war has ended, a drunken accident in a Berlin nightclub results in his losing his memory. As he has no identity tags, doctors mistakenly repatriate him to America, where magazine writer Lesley learns of his condition. The only evidence of his past that he has is a set of five bank notes from different countries, each signed with a woman’s name. Lesley’s magazine sponsors a trip for him to visit the five countries where the bank notes were issued, hoping he'll learn crucial details of his identity.
Cast
Bonar Colleano as Bob Mitchell
Barbara Kelly as Lesley - American magazine writer
Anne Vernon as Jeannine Meunier
Karin Himboldt as Charlotte Smith (as Karin Himbold) Lily Kann as Charlady (as Lily Kahn) Danny Green as Levinsky Carl Jaffe as Charlotte's Brother MacDonald Parke as New York Magazine Editor Althea Orr as Matron (as Aletha Orr) Lana Morris as Delia Morel Romanoff Eva Bartok as Kathaline Telek Gina Lollobrigida as Maria Severini Geoffrey Sumner as Wingco Philip Leaver as Italian Official Annette Poivre as Annette Charles Irwin as London Editor Arthur Gomez as Carabinieri Dany Dauberson Andrew Irvine as Jimmy Vera Molnar O. W. Fischer Terence Alexander Raymond Bussières as Jeannine's brother Marcello Mastroianni as Aldo Mazzetti Enzo Staiola as A Boy Liliana Tellini Lamberto Maggiorani Peter Marr (Child eating Soup)
Production
Shooting took place at the Riverside Studios and Walton Studios as well as on location around the various cities. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Don Russell, Jean d'Eaubonne, Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Walter Kutz.