Seconda B
Seconda B | |
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Directed by | Goffredo Alessandrini |
Written by |
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Starring | |
Cinematography | Carlo Montuori |
Edited by | Giorgio Simonelli |
Music by | |
Production company | ICAR |
Distributed by | Cinès-Pittaluga |
Release date | 1934 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Seconda B is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Sergio Tofano, Dina Perbellini and María Denis.[1] It was screened at the Venice Film Festival where it was awarded a prize. It started a trend for "schoolgirl comedies" during the Fascist era, targeted primarily at girls and young women audiences.[2] The title itself refers to a school class.[3] The film is set in the early 1910s.
Synopsis[]
A school teacher falls in love with one of his female colleagues, who teaches gymnastics. She returns his love, but this is discovered by his students who try to sabotage their relationship.
Main cast[]
- Sergio Tofano as Professore Monti
- Dina Perbellini as Professorina Vanni
- María Denis as Marta Renzi
- Ugo Ceseri as L'onorevole Renzi
- Cesare Zoppetti as Il preside
- Umberto Sacripante as Il bidello
- Mercedes Brignone as Un'invitata alla festa dei Renzi
- Gino Viotti as Un insegnante
- Alfredo Martinelli as Un altro insegnante
- Vinicio Sofia as Il segretario di Renzi
- as Una compagna di scuola di Marta
- as Petronilla
- Amina Pirani Maggi as Signora Renzi
- Zoe Incrocci as L'allieva Fumasoni
- as L'insegnante di francese
- as L'insegnante Zucchi
- as Signora Cesira
- as Un invitato al festo
References[]
Bibliography[]
- De Grazia, Victoria. How Fascism Ruled Women: Italy, 1922-1945. University of California Press, 1992.
- Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
- Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.
External links[]
Media related to Seconda B at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Italian-language films
- 1934 films
- 1930s historical comedy films
- Italian films
- Italian historical comedy films
- Films directed by Goffredo Alessandrini
- Films set in the 1910s
- Italian black-and-white films
- 1930s Italian comedy film stubs
- Historical film stubs