Figaro and His Great Day

Figaro and His Great Day
Italian	Figaro e la sua gran giornata
Directed by	Mario Camerini
Written by	(play) Tomaso Smith
Starring	Gianfranco Giachetti Leda Gloria Ugo Ceseri
Cinematography	Massimo Terzano
Edited by	Giuseppe Fatigati
Music by	Felice Lattuada
Production company	Società Italiana Cines
Distributed by	Societa Anonima Stefano Pittaluga
Release date	November 1931
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Figaro and His Great Day (Italian: Figaro e la sua gran giornata) is a 1931 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Gianfranco Giachetti, Leda Gloria and Ugo Ceseri.^[1]

It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gastone Medin and Ivo Perilli.

Synopsis[]

In a small town in the Veneto region, an attempt to stage Rossini's The Barber of Seville is threatened when the prima donna loses her voice. An attempt is made to replace her with a singing student, but both her father and boyfriend object.

Cast[]

• Gianfranco Giachetti as Piero Basoto
• Leda Gloria as Nina
• Ugo Ceseri as Rantoloni, l'impresario
• Maurizio D'Ancora as Asdrubale Chiodini
• Umberto Sacripante as Gedeone, il portaceste
• Olga Capri as Caterina, la fantesca
• as Costanza Basoto
• Augusto Bandini as Il maestro Salsuga
• as Felicetti, il farmacista
• as Gargaturi, il basso
• Achille Majeroni as Il padre di Nina
• Alfredo Martinelli as Sivoloni, il basso
• as Il tenore Pancrazi
• as Un membro del circolo
• Raimondo Van Riel as Un delegato di polizia
• Gino Viotti as Il sindaco

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Carlo Celli & Margo Cottino-Jones. A New Guide to Italian Cinema. Springer, 2007.

External links[]

• Figaro and His Great Day at IMDb

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