The Devil Goes to Boarding School

The Devil Goes to Boarding School (Italian: Il diavolo va in collegio) is a 1944 Italian comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Lilia Silvi, Leonardo Cortese and Greta Gonda.[1] The plot is based on the libretto of the operetta Mam'zelle Nitouche by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud.[2] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.

The Devil Goes to Boarding School
Directed byJean Boyer
Written byJean Boyer
Achille Campanile
Carlo Veneziani
Franco Zenin
Based onMam'zelle Nitouche by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud
Produced byNicola Naracci
Angelo Mosco
StarringLilia Silvi
Leonardo Cortese
Greta Gonda
CinematographyCharles Suin
Edited byJacques Desagneaux
Mario Serandrei
Music byEldo Di Lazzaro
Production
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Distributed byMinerva Film
Release date
  • December 1944 (1944-12)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Synopsis

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Graziella, a high-spirited young heiress, it sent to boarding school in order to try and curb her mischievous behaviour. While at first she pretends to be docile, this is just a cover for her to play more tricks on her teachers. In particular she becomes a thorn in the side of one of a young male professor and sets out to sabotage a revue he is staging starring his dancer girlfriend.

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References

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  1. ^ Reich p.173
  2. ^ Goble p.221

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Reich, Jacqueline Beth. Fascism, Film, and Female Subjectivity: The Case of Italian Cinema 1936-1943. University of California, Berkeley, 1994.
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