The Last Dance (1941 film)
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Directed by | Camillo Mastrocinque |
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Produced by | Raffaele Colamonici |
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Cinematography | Arturo Gallea |
Edited by | Gino Talamo |
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Production company | Juventus Film |
Distributed by | ENIC |
Release date | 5 December 1941 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The Last Dance (Italian: L'ultimo ballo) is a 1941 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Elsa Merlini, Amedeo Nazzari and Renato Cialente. It is considered to be in the tradition of White Telephone films, popular during the Fascist era.[1] It is based on a play by the Hungarian writer Ferenc Herczeg and features Merlini in a dual role as mother and daughter.
It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori.
Cast[]
- Elsa Merlini as La baronessa Titta Marcus & la baronessina Giuditta Marcus
- Amedeo Nazzari as Il professore Stefano Boronkay
- Renato Cialente as Andrea Marcus
- Paolo Stoppa as Felix
- Margherita Bagni as La vedova Jurika
- Nerio Bernardi as Il pittore Blanche
- Armando Migliari as Il capo cameriere Vittorio
- as Marcello
- Luisa Garella as La Zelinger, l'amica pettegola
- Nando Tamberlani as Il rettore de l'Universita
- Enrico Luzi as Il fattorino curioso
- as La bionda nel notturno
- Vittoria Mongardi as La bruna accompagnata nel locale notturno
- as Una ragazza nel locale notturno
- as Una ragazza nel locale notturno
References[]
- ^ Moliterno p.10
Bibliography[]
- Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
- Piero Pruzzo & Enrico Lancia. Amedeo Nazzari. Gremese Editore, 1983.
External links[]
Categories:
- Italian-language films
- 1941 films
- Italian films
- Italian comedy films
- Italian black-and-white films
- 1941 comedy films
- Films directed by Camillo Mastrocinque
- Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
- 1940s Italian film stubs