I Want to Live with Letizia (Italian: Voglio vivere con Letizia) is a 1938 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Assia Noris, Gino Cervi and Umberto Melnati.[1]
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Directed by | Camillo Mastrocinque |
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Cinematography | Akos Farkas |
Edited by | Rita Roland |
Music by | Giuseppe Rosati |
Production company | S.A.P.E.C. |
Distributed by | Generalcine |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Guido Fiorini and Gastone Medin.
Synopsis
editIn order to please his wealthy parents Bebe agrees to an arranged marriage with Letizia, the daughter of an aristocratic family who have fallen on hard times. However, in order to check that she is not marrying him for his money alone, he sends his cousin to take his place while he pretends to be a penniless painter. He is able to discover that she truly can fall in love with him.
Cast
edit- Assia Noris as Letizia
- Gino Cervi as Bebe
- Umberto Melnati as Il finto Bebe
- Bianca Stagno Bellincioni as La signora Barozzi
- Clara Padoa as La contessa Serravalle
- Enzo Biliotti as Osvaldo Tempera
- Marisa Vernati as Kiki
- Guglielmo Barnabò as Il signor Barozzi
- Pina De Angelis as Un'amica di Letizia
- Norma Nova as Stefania
- Aristide Baghetti as L'avvocato
- Tullia Baghetti as La suora
- Amalia Pellegrini as La governante
References
edit- ^ Chiti & Poppi p.414
Bibliography
edit- Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto . I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944. Gremese Editore, 2005.
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