Backstage (Italian: Retroscena) is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Filippo Romito, Elisa Cegani and Camillo Pilotto.[1] It is part of the tradition of White Telephone films, popular in Italy during the era.
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| Directed by | Alessandro Blasetti |
| Written by | Alessandro Blasetti Carlo Duse Ettore Maria Margadonna Pietro Germi Giuseppe Zucca |
| Starring | Filippo Romito Elisa Cegani Camillo Pilotto |
| Cinematography | Václav Vích |
| Edited by | Ignazio Ferronetti |
| Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
Production company | Continentalcine |
| Distributed by | ENIC |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was shot at Cinecittà in Rome and on location in Naples and Pisa.
Cast edit
- Filippo Romito as Il baritone Alberto De Sanni
- Elisa Cegani as Diana Martelli - la pianista
- Camillo Pilotto as Parsifal Bernocchio
- Lia Orlandini as Mirna Martelli - la zia di Diana
- Enzo Biliotti as Silvio Dentice
- Ugo Ceseri as Terenzio
- Giovanni Grasso as Il commissario
- Fausto Guerzoni as Il vice commissario
- Ermanno Roveri as Un giornalista
- Romolo Costa as Sablonscky
- Mario Pucci as Il portiere dell'albergo
- Oretta Fiume as La fioraia a bordo
- Cesare Zoppetti as Il portiere dell'uscita degli artisti
- Federico Collino as Il portiere dell'entrata al palcoscenico
- Achille Majeroni as Un signore a bordo
- Sandro Dani as Il funzionario della stazione
- Nino Eller as Il controllore alla stazione
- Nino Crisman as Un cameriere a bordo
References edit
- ^ Gundle p.224
Bibliography edit
- Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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