| Castles in the Air | |
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| Directed by | Augusto Genina |
| Written by |
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| Produced by | C.O. Barbieri |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography |
Günther Anders Konstantin Irmen-Tschet |
| Edited by |
Waldemar Gaede Fernando Tropea |
| Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
Production company | Astra Film |
| Distributed by | Generalcine (Italy) UFA (Germany) |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Castles in the Air (Italian: Castelli in aria) is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Lilian Harvey, Vittorio De Sica and Otto Treßler. [1] It was made at Cinecittà in Rome, as part of a co-production with Germany. A separate German-language version was also released. It is based on a novel by Franz Karl Franchy.
Synopsis
A wardrobe mistress at a Vienna theatre wins a competition, receiving as her prize a luxury tour round Italy. On the train she meets an impoverished young Italian who pretends to be a prince.
Partial cast
- Lilian Harvey as Annie Wagner detta 'Mimì'
- Vittorio De Sica as Riccardo Pietramola
- Otto Treßler as Forster
- Hilde von Stolz as La cantante
- Fritz Odemar as Walter
- Carla Sveva as La guardarobiera
- Umberto Sacripante as Il gondoliere
References
- ^ Moliterno p.80
Bibliography
- Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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Categories:
- 1939 films
- Italian comedy films
- Italian black-and-white films
- 1939 comedy films
- 1930s Italian-language films
- Films directed by Augusto Genina
- Films set in Vienna
- Films set in Italy
- Films based on Austrian novels
- Italian multilingual films
- Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
- UFA GmbH films
- 1939 multilingual films
- Films scored by Alessandro Cicognini
- 1930s Italian films
- 1930s Italian comedy film stubs