Una famiglia impossibile
Appearance
Una famiglia impossibile | |
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Directed by | Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia |
Written by | Cesare Zavattini Aldo De Benedetti |
Story by | Cesare Zavattini |
Produced by | Giuseppe Amato |
Starring | Armando Falconi Pina Renzi María Mercader |
Cinematography | Anchise Brizzi |
Music by | Cesare A. Bixio Giovanni D'Anzi Luigi Pagano |
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Language | Italian |
Una famiglia impossibile (i.e. "An Impossible Family") is a 1940 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Armando Falconi, Pina Renzi and María Mercader.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]A wealthy young woman falls in love with a radio singer without ever having seen him. He forces his strange family (a forgetful father, a mother with ideas of greatness, three sisters with a passion for singing and another who takes care of abandoned children) to go to the EIAR headquarters to be able to meet him.
Cast
[edit]- Armando Falconi as Giovanni Bartolla
- Pina Renzi as Cesira Bartolla
- María Mercader as Edvige Bartolla
- Clely Fiamma as Anna Bartolla
- Isa Bellini as Marina Bartolla
- Thea Prandi as Nerina Bartolla
- Wilma Mangini as Malvina Bartolla
- Sergio Tofano as The Butler
- Alberto Rabagliati as The Radio Singer
- Arturo Bragaglia as The Poor Relative
- Stefano Sibaldi as The Director
- Paolo Stoppa
- Pippo Barzizza
- Nunzio Filogamo
References
[edit]- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (2005). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8884403510.
- ^ Fabrizio Sarazani (29 December 1940). "Una famiglia impossibile" (review). Il Giornale d'Italia.
External links
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