Una famiglia impossibile (i.e. "An Impossible Family") is a 1940 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Armando Falconi, Pina Renzi and María Mercader.[1][2]
| Una famiglia impossibile | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia |
| Written by | Cesare Zavattini Aldo De Benedetti |
| Story by | Cesare Zavattini |
| Produced by | Giuseppe Amato |
| Starring | Armando Falconi Pina Renzi María Mercader |
| Cinematography | Anchise Brizzi |
| Music by | Cesare A. Bixio Giovanni D'Anzi Luigi Pagano |
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| Language | Italian |
Plot
editA wealthy young woman falls in love with a radio singer without ever having seen him. He forces his strange family (a forgetful father, a mother with ideas of greatness, three sisters with a passion for singing and another who takes care of abandoned children) to go to the EIAR headquarters to be able to meet him.
Cast
edit- Armando Falconi as Giovanni Bartolla
- Pina Renzi as Cesira Bartolla
- María Mercader as Edvige Bartolla
- Clely Fiamma as Anna Bartolla
- Isa Bellini as Marina Bartolla
- Thea Prandi as Nerina Bartolla
- Wilma Mangini as Malvina Bartolla
- Sergio Tofano as The Butler
- Alberto Rabagliati as The Radio Singer
- Arturo Bragaglia as The Poor Relative
- Stefano Sibaldi as The Director
- Paolo Stoppa
- Pippo Barzizza
- Nunzio Filogamo
References
edit- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (2005). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8884403510.
- ^ Fabrizio Sarazani (29 December 1940). "Una famiglia impossibile" (review). Il Giornale d'Italia.
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