''Joe the Red'' (Italian: ''Joe il rosso'') is a 1936 Italian

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

crime film directed by

Raffaello Matarazzo Raffaello Matarazzo (17 August 1909 – 17 May 1966) was an Italian filmmaker. Life Matarazzo started writing film reviews for the Roman newspaper ''Il Tevere'' before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines. His first films w ...

and starring Armando Falconi, Luisa Garella and

Ada Dondini Ada Dondini (18 March 1883 – 3 January 1958) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 48 films between 1916 and 1954. She was born in Cosenza, Italy and died in Chieti, Italy. Selected filmography * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * '' Just ...

.Apra p.99 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin.

Cast

* Armando Falconi as Joe Mark / Joe il Rosso * Luisa Garella as Marta Sandelle-Lafitte *

as Duchess Sofia di Sandelle-Lafitte * Barbara Monis as Annamaria * Aristide Baghetti as Gontrano Sandelle.Lafitte *

María Denis María Denis (22 November 1916 – 15 April 2004) was an Argentine-born actress in Italian made films. Denis moved to Italy in 1932 when she was 16, and appeared in her first film there the same year. Denis became a top Italian star between 1936 ...

as Marietta Clavel *

Luigi Pavese Luigi Pavese (25 October 1897 – 13 December 1969) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Asti, Pavese started his career in 1916 working as a silent film actor at 19 years of age. He then began his theatrical debut in 192 ...

as Stefano Sandelle-Lafitte * Angelo Bizzari as Giuliano lo spagnolo *

Maria Dominiani Maria "Mariuccia" Dominiani (10 May 1913 – 10 December 1993) was an Italian actress. Biography Dominiani made her debut on screen in the 1936 film '' Joe the Red'', dedicating herself also to variety shows and photo comics in the following de ...

as Ziska * Cesare Zoppetti as Ruggero d'Arment *

Emilio Petacci Emilio Petacci (1886–1965) was an Italian film actor.Goble p.74 Selected filmography * '' Love Everlasting'' (1913) * '' The Wedding March'' (1934) * '' The Joker King'' (1935) * '' Sette giorni all'altro mondo'' (1936) * '' Joe the Red'' (193 ...

as The detective * Remo Lotti as Germano il maggiordomo *

Ugo Sasso Ugo Sasso, born Domenico Pasquale Giuseppe Sasso (23 March 1910 - 21 July 1981), was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Turin, in the early 1930s Sasso moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografi ...

as Un gangster

References

Bibliography

* Aprà, Adriano. ''The Fabulous Thirties: Italian Cinema 1929-1944''. Electa International, 1979.

External links

* 1936 films Italian crime comedy films Italian black-and-white films 1930s crime comedy films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Raffaello Matarazzo 1936 comedy films 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-film-stub