''Courtyard'' (Italian: ''Cortile'') is a 1931 Italian

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directed by

Carlo Campogalliani Carlo Campogalliani (10 October 1885 – 10 August 1974) was an Italian screenwriter, actor and film director. Campogalliani directed around eighty films during his career and acted in another fifty. He directed the 1934 sports film '' Stadio''.R ...

and starring Augusto Contardi,

Dria Paola Dria Paola (1909–1993) was an Italian stage and film actress. She played the female lead in Alessandro Blasetti's late silent ''Sun'' (1929). In 1930 she starred in the first Italian sound film ''The Song of Love''.Forgacs & Gundle p.159 Sel ...

and

Ettore Petrolini Ettore Petrolini (13 January 1884 – 29 June 1936) was an Italian stage and film actor, playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is considered one of the most important figures of avanspettacolo, vaudeville and revue. He was noted for his numerou ...

.Moliterno p.62 It was the director's first

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, and was made after he returned from working in

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for several years. It was made at the

Cines Studios The Cines Studios were film production studios located in the Italian capital Rome. They were established on Via Veio in 1930 by Stefano Pittaluga, head of the Cines film company, at the beginning of the sound era. It produced Italy's first sound ...

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Cast

* Augusto Contardi as No name *

as Maria *

as Il cantante girovago cieco

References

Bibliography

* Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1931 films 1931 drama films Italian drama films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Carlo Campogalliani Cines Studios films Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-film-stub