Backstage (1939 film)
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Directed by | Alessandro Blasetti |
Written by | Alessandro Blasetti Carlo Duse Ettore Maria Margadonna Pietro Germi Giuseppe Zucca |
Starring | Elisa Cegani Camillo Pilotto |
Cinematography | Václav Vích |
Edited by | Ignazio Ferronetti |
Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
Production company | Continentalcine |
Distributed by | ENIC |
Release date | 1 November 1939 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Backstage (Italian: Retroscena) is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring , Elisa Cegani and Camillo Pilotto.[1] It is part of the tradition of White Telephone films, popular in Italy during the era.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was shot at Cinecittà in Rome and on location in Naples and Pisa.
Cast[]
- as Il baritone Alberto De Sanni
- Elisa Cegani as Diana Martelli - la pianista
- Camillo Pilotto as Parsifal Bernocchio
- Lia Orlandini as Mirna Martelli - la zia di Diana
- Enzo Biliotti as Silvio Dentice
- Ugo Ceseri as Terenzio
- Giovanni Grasso as Il commissario
- Fausto Guerzoni as Il vice commissario
- Ermanno Roveri as Un giornalista
- Romolo Costa as Sablonscky
- as Il portiere dell'albergo
- Oretta Fiume as La fioraia a bordo
- Cesare Zoppetti as Il portiere dell'uscita degli artisti
- as Il portiere dell'entrata al palcoscenico
- Achille Majeroni as Un signore a bordo
- as Il funzionario della stazione
- Nino Eller as Il controllore alla stazione
- Nino Crisman as Un cameriere a bordo
References[]
- ^ Gundle p.224
Bibliography[]
- Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links[]
Categories:
- Italian-language films
- 1939 films
- Italian films
- Italian comedy films
- 1939 comedy films
- Films directed by Alessandro Blasetti
- Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
- Italian black-and-white films
- Films scored by Alessandro Cicognini
- 1930s Italian film stubs