Teresa Venerdì is a 1941 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica.[1][2] It is a remake of the 1938 Hungarian film Rézi Friday[3] [the name of the character, Venerdi, meaning Friday in Italian].
| Teresa Venerdì | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Vittorio De Sica |
| Written by | Gherardo Gheradi Franco Riganti Margherita Maglione Vittorio De Sica Rezső Török (novel) |
| Produced by | Franco Magli |
| Starring | Vittorio De Sica Adriana Benetti Anna Magnani Irasema Dilián |
| Cinematography | Mario Albertelli |
| Edited by | Mario Bonotti |
| Music by | Nuccio Fiorda Renzo Rossellini |
| Distributed by | Artisti Associati |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Cast
edit- Vittorio De Sica as Dr. Pietro Vignali
- Adriana Benetti as Teresa Venerdì
- Irasema Dilián as Lilli Passalacqua
- Guglielmo Barnabò as Agostino Passalacqua
- Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Rosa Passalacqua
- Anna Magnani as Maddalena Tentini/Loretta Prima
- Elvira Betrone as the director of the orphanage
- Giuditta Rissone as Anna (teacher)
- Virgilio Riento as Antonio
- Annibale Betrone as Umberto Vignali
- Nico Pepe as Dr. Pasquale Grosso
- Clara Auteri as Giuseppina
- Zaira La Fratta as Alice
- Alessandra Adari as Caterina (teacher)
- Lina Marengo as Mrs. Ricci
See also
edit- Rézi Friday (1938)
References
edit- ^ Masi, Stefano; Lancia, Enrico (1997). Les seductrices du cinéma italien (in French). Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-7301-075-3.
- ^ Landy, Marcia (2014-07-14). Fascism in Film: The Italian Commercial Cinema, 1931-1943. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-5472-1.
- ^ Reich, Jacqueline; Garofalo, Piero (2002-05-07). Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21518-5.
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