Journey to Italy (1954)

NR09/07/1954Drama, Romance1h 25m
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Married for eight years with no children, Brits Katherine and Alex Joyce are driving to Italy, their ultimate destination just outside of Naples to sell the villa they have just inherited from his uncle, the villa where they will be staying during their time there. On the drive, they come to the realization that this trip marks the first time that they have truly been alone together, and as such don't really know one another in the true sense.

Top Billed Cast

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    Ingrid Bergman

    Katherine Joyce

  2. Cast 1

    George Sanders

    Alexander 'Alex' Joyce

  3. Jackie Frost

    Betty

  4. Cast 1

    Maria Mauban

    Marie

  5. Cast 1

    Anna Proclemer

    Prostitute

  6. Cast 1

    Leslie Daniels

    Tony Burton

  7. Natalia Ray

    Natalie Burton

  8. Cast 1

    Paul Müller

    Paul Dupont

  9. Cast 1

    María Martín

    Judy (uncredited)

On the face of it, this ought to have been a much better film. Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders and Naples - all under the expert supervision of Roberto Rossellini. Unfortunately, what we end up with is a beautifully crafted, but overly melodramatic story of a couple who find their marriage is over. When they drive to Naples to sell a villa Sanders has inherited, they discover during their journey - and once they arrive, that they just don't know each other any more. Whatever they did have in common at the start of their eight year marriage has long since departed leaving them with only a shell ...