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The Man Without Desire is a 1923 British silent film fantasy drama, directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Ivor Novello, who also co-produced the film along with Miles Mander. The film was Brunel's feature-length directorial debut and has been described as "one of the stranger films to emerge from Britain in the 1920s". The film's theme of loss of sexual desire, and by implication impotence, was exceptionally frank for its time; oddly however, it appears to have been passed for release without interference by the British film censors, who at this period has a reputation for extreme zealousness where sexual matters in film were concerned.
Original Release
12/01/1923
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ivor Novello | Count Vittorio Dandolo |
Nina Vanna | Leonora / Genevia / Leonora/Genevra |
Sergio Mari | Almoro / Gordi / Count Almoro/Count Gardi-Almoro |
Chris Walker | Roger / Mawdesley |
Jane Dryden | Luigia |
Dorothy Warren | Foscolnia / La Foscolina |
Adrian Brunel | Reporter / The Editor |
Directors
Writers
Adrian Brunel, Frank Fowell, Monckton Hoffe, Frank Powell
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ivor Novello | Count Vittorio Dandolo |
Nina Vanna | Leonora / Genevia / Leonora/Genevra |
Sergio Mari | Almoro / Gordi / Count Almoro/Count Gardi-Almoro |
Chris Walker | Roger / Mawdesley |
Jane Dryden | Luigia |
Dorothy Warren | Foscolnia / La Foscolina |
Adrian Brunel | Reporter / The Editor |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ivor Novello | Producer |
Miles Mander | Producer |