Boccaccio (1940 film)
| Boccaccio | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Marcello Albani |
| Written by | Maria Basaglia Luigi Bonelli Michele Galdieri Marcello Albani Camillo Walzel (libretto) Richard Genée (libretto) |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | Clara Calamai Osvaldo Valenti Silvana Jachino Luigi Almirante |
| Cinematography | Massimo Terzano |
| Edited by | |
| Music by | Tarcisio Fusco |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Scalera Film |
Release date | 22 September 1940 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Boccaccio is a 1940 Italian operetta film directed by Marcello Albani and starring Clara Calamai, Osvaldo Valenti and Silvana Jachino. It is based on the 1879 operetta Boccaccio by Franz von Suppé.[1] It was made at the in Rome.
Cast[]
- Clara Calamai as Giannina, falso Boccaccio
- Osvaldo Valenti as Berto
- Silvana Jachino as Fiammetta
- Luigi Almirante as Maestro Scalza
- Osvaldo Genazzani as Il principe di Parnormo
- Virgilio Riento as Il bottaro
- Anita Farra as Beatrice
- as Peronella
- as Isabella
- as Il duca di Calabria
- as Leonetto
- as Il Siniscalco
- as Una ancella
- as Lambertuccio
- Dino De Laurentiis as Uno degli studenti con la penna
References[]
- ^ Goble p.693
Bibliography[]
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links[]
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Categories:
- Italian-language films
- 1940 films
- Italian films
- Italian historical musical films
- 1940s historical musical films
- Films based on works by Giovanni Boccaccio
- Films directed by Marcello Albani
- Operetta films
- Films based on operettas
- Films set in Florence
- Films set in the 14th century
- Italian black-and-white films
- The Decameron
- Films shot at Scalera Studios
- 1940s Italian film stubs
- Historical musical film stubs