title: Vortice
text: # Vortice
  
  Vortice (i.e. "Vortex") is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Massimo Girotti and Silvana Pampanini.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Massimo Girotti as Guido Aureli
  * Silvana Pampanini as Elena Fanti
  * Franco Fabrizi as Viaggiani
  * Gianni Santuccio as Luigi Moretti
  * Maria Grazia Sandri as Anna
  * Paolo Ferrara as Cesare Fanti
  * Giorgio Capecchi as Police Commissioner
  * Irene Papas as Clara
  * Nino Marchesini as Defense Attorney
  * Dina Perbellini as Nursing Sister
  * Amina Pirani Maggi as Guardian of the Prison
  * Gualtiero De Angelis as Police Inspector
  * Giuseppe Chinnici as Doctor
  * Aldo Silvani as Head of the Hospital
  * Bella Starace Sainati as Old Nun
  