The Private Secretary (Italian:La segretaria privata) is a 1931 Italian "white-telephones" musical film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi and Sergio Tofano.[1] It was the Italian-language version of the German film Die Privatsekretärin.
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| Directed by | Goffredo Alessandrini |
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| Produced by | Stefano Pittaluga |
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| Music by | Paul Abraham Lajos Lajtai |
Production company | Società Italiana Cines |
| Distributed by | Società Italiana Cines |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Cast
edit- Elsa Merlini - Elsa Lorenzi
- Nino Besozzi - Il banchiere Roberto Berri
- Sergio Tofano - Otello, l'usciere
- Cesare Zoppetti - Rossi, il capo del personale
- Umberto Sacripante - Il direttore del 'Pergolato'
- Ermanno Roveri - Il gagà alla stazione
- Marisa Botti - La signorina Botti, segretaria
- Renato Malavasi as Un signore che riceve uno schiaffo al 'Pergolato'
- Alfredo Martinelli as Un cliente del 'Pergolato'
- Noemi Orsini as Padrona della Pensione Primavera
Other film versions
edit- Tales of the Typewriter (December 1916, Hungary, directed by Alexander Korda)
- The Private Secretary (January 1931, Germany, directed by Wilhelm Thiele)
- Dactylo (April 1931, France, directed by Wilhelm Thiele)
- Sunshine Susie (December 1931, United Kingdom, directed by Victor Saville)
- The Private Secretary (December 1953, West Germany, directed by Paul Martin)
References
editBibliography
edit- Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links
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