''In High Places'' (Italian:''Quartieri alti'') is a 1943 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Mario Soldati Mario Soldati (17 November 1906 – 19 June 1999) was an cinema of Italy, Italian writer and film director. In 1954 he won the Strega Prize for ''Lettere da Capri.'' He directed several works adapted from novels, and worked with leading Ital ...

and starring

Adriana Benetti Adriana Benetti (12 December 1919 – 24 February 2016) was an Italian actress. Biography Born in Quacchio, a town east of Ferrara, Benetti graduated from the Istituto Magistrale and then landed in Rome, where she was accepted at the Centro Sp ...

Massimo Serato Massimo Serato, born Giuseppe Segato, (31 May 1916 – 22 December 1989) was an Italian film actor with a career spanning over 40 years. Serato was born in Oderzo, Veneto, Italy and started appearing in films in 1938. He played leading roles in ...

and

Nerio Bernardi Nerio Bernardi (23 July 1899 – 12 January 1971) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1970. He was born in Bologna, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Nero'' (1922) * ''The Sheph ...

. It is based on a play by

Jean Anouilh Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play ''Antigone'', an ad ...

. The film portrays the rise into

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of an

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young man.Landy p.83-84 It belongs to the movies of the

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style.

Cast

as Isabella *

as Giorgio Zanetti *

as Emilio Buscaglione *

Enzo Biliotti Enzo Biliotti (28 June 1887 – 19 November 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1916 and 1958. He was born in Livorno, Italy and died in Bologna, Italy. Selected filmography * '' The Betrothed'' (1923) * ''Villafra ...

as Febo Marcantoni * Natalia Ray as Edmea * Jucci Kellerman as Barbara *

Fanny Marchiò Fanny Marchiò (1904–1980) was an Italian stage, film and television actress.Goble p.34 She was born in Corfu to an Italian family, her parents were both actors. She was married to Renato Navarrini. Selected filmography * '' The Lady in Whit ...

as Donna Lina Rigotti *

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as Maria Letizia Bruneschi *

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as La falsa madre di Giorgio *

Giulio Stival Giulio Stival (4 March 1902 – 1 April 1953) was an Italian stage and film actor. Life and career Born in Soave, at young age Stival started founded an amateur dramatics in which he served both as director and as actor. He made his professiona ...

as Il falso padre di Giorgio *

Piero Pastore Pietro Mario Pastore, also known as Piero Pastore (3 April 1908, in Padua – 8 January 1968, in Rome) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker; he later became an actor. Football career Pastore was the youngest ever playe ...

as Bottarini, il calciatore *

Giuseppe Pierozzi Giuseppe Pierozzi (8 March 1883 – 22 April 1956) was an Italian stage and film actor.Goble p.349 Selected filmography * ''Maddalena Ferat'' (1920) * '' Through the Shadows'' (1923) * ''Samson'' (1923) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * '' The F ...

as Il tabaccaio gobbo *

Vittorio Sanipoli Vittorio Sanipoli (1915–1992) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. He appeared in around a hundred films and television series between 1942 and 1980. Life and career Born Luciano Sanipoli in Genoa, he made his acting debut in 1939 ...

as Roberto *

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as Il chitarrista all1 taverna "Ulpia" *

Gilda Marchiò Gilda Marchiò (1884–1954) was an Italian theatre actress.Bassnett & Lorch p.86 She also appeared in a number of films in the 1940s, her performances including a small role in the 1942 propaganda film ''Odessa in Flames''. Selected filmography ...

as L'affituaria della villa * Marco Monari Rocca as Il conte Giandomenico

References

Bibliography

* Brunetta, Gian Piero. ''The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century''. Princeton University Press, 2009. * Landy, Marcia. ''The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the Italian Cinema, 1930-1943''. SUNY Press, 1998.

External links

* 1943 films Italian comedy films 1943 comedy films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Soldati Italian films based on plays Films based on works by Jean Anouilh Italian black-and-white films 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-comedy-film-stub