The Adventuress from the Floor Above

The Adventuress from the Floor Above (Italian: L'avventuriera del piano di sopra) is a 1941 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Vittorio De Sica, Clara Calamai and Giuditta Rissone. It was made at the Palatino Studios in Rome. The film was part of the popular White Telephone genre of comedies.[1]

The Adventuress from the Floor Above
Directed byRaffaello Matarazzo
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTino Santoni
Edited byRiccardo Freda
Music byGiuseppe Anepeta
Production
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Distributed byArtisti Associati
Release date
  • 21 October 1941 (1941-10-21)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Synopsis

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When his wife goes away to attend her sister's wedding, the young lawyer Fabrizio Marchini expects a quiet time at home. However that evening, a woman bursts into his apartment and demands refuge, claiming that her angry husband Signor Rossi is searching for her. He shelters her when the abrasive Rossi, who rents the apartment above, enters and demands to search the place. Once he is gone, she spends the night in his bed while he sleeps on the sofa. In the morning, however he discovers that both she and his wife's valuable pearl necklace have disappeared. With the assistance of a friend he attempts to track her down before his wife returns.

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References

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  1. ^ Moliterno p.58

Bibliography

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  • Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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