''La zia smemorata'' (i.e. "The Amnesiac Aunt") is a 1940 Italian "
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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
Ladislao Vajda
Ladislao Vajda (born Weisz László; 18 August 1906, Budapest – 25 March 1965, Barcelona) was a Hungarian-Spanish film director who made films in Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Italy and West Germany.
Biography
He was born in Budapest, ...
and starring
Dina Galli
Dina Galli (1877–1951) was an Italian actress known for her comic stage roles. Galli also appeared in fourteen films during her career.
Life and career
Born Clotilde Annamaria Galli in Milan, Galli was the daughter of a well known theatrica ...
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[Fabrizio Sarazani (14 March 1941). "La zia smemorata" (review). '']Il Giornale d'Italia
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Plot
Jealous of his girlfriend, the lawyer Alberto Moretti is convinced that she spent a couple of days in a high mountain refuge in the company of the engineer Paolo Ravelli, a friend of the lawyer. However, it is only a misunderstanding and therefore, to clarify his position and restore the truth, the engineer proposes to his friend and his girlfriend to find the girl who in the shelter had passed herself off as the lawyer's girlfriend. However, an intrusive and bizarre aunt joins the party who, by meddling in everything, causes further misunderstandings and misunderstandings to no end. However, the group manages to discover that the mysterious girl was not the lawyer's girlfriend at all. The two slandered youths managed to re-establish the truth but, by dating, they also fell in love with each other. So in the end, it is also the lawyer, jealous and suspicious, who suffers the damage.
Cast
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Dina Galli
Dina Galli (1877–1951) was an Italian actress known for her comic stage roles. Galli also appeared in fourteen films during her career.
Life and career
Born Clotilde Annamaria Galli in Milan, Galli was the daughter of a well known theatrica ...
as Aunt Giulia
* Alanova as Clara
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Nelly Corradi
Nelly Corradi (1914–1968) was an Italian opera singer and actress. She made her screen debut in Max Ophüls' 1934 film '' Everybody's Woman''.Bayman p.101
Selected filmography
* '' Dimmed Lights'' (1934)
* '' Everybody's Woman'' (1934)
* '' Il ...
as Maria Giusti
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Osvaldo Valenti
Osvaldo Valenti (17 February 1906 – 30 April 1945) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1928 and 1945. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey to a Sicilian carpet trader and a wealthy Lebanese woman of Greek descen ...
as Paolo Rovelli
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Carlo Campanini
Carlo Campanini (5 October 1906 – 20 November 1984), was an Italian actor, singer and comedian. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1939 and 1969.
Life and career
Born in Turin, Campanini attended a technical school and a course of ...
as Alberto Moretti
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Umberto Sacripante
Umberto Sacripante (2 October 1904 – 14 January 1975) was an Italian film and stage actor.
Life and career
Born Umberto Sacripanti in Rome, Sacripante debuted on stage in 1921, and in 1926 he became first actor in the theatrical company Teat ...
as Professor Mannelli
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Claudio Ermelli
Claudio Ermelli (24 July 1892 – 29 October 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1915 to 1962.
Filmography
References
External links
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1892 births
1964 death ...
as Taddeo
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Guido Notari
Guido Notari (10 May 1893 - 21 January 1957) was an Italian actor and radio presenter. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1939 to 1956.
Filmography
References
External links
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1893 births
1957 deaths
Italian male film actors ...
as The Police Commissioner
* Luigi Erminio D'Olivo as The Secretary
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Renato Malavasi
Renato Malavasi (8 August 1904 – 7 October 1998) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 135 films between 1921 and 1985.
Selected filmography
* ''The Golden Vein'' (1928)
* ''The Song of Love'' (1930)
* ''Lowered Sails'' (1931)
* ''Th ...
as The Porter
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Giulio Battiferri
Giulio Battiferri (15 July 1893 – 22 January 1973) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1939 to 1972. He was married to the actress Pina Piovani.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Battiferri started his career ...
as The Waiter
* Pina Piovani as Clara's Maid
References
External links
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1940 comedy films
1940 films
Italian comedy films
Films directed by Ladislao Vajda
Italian black-and-white films
1940s Italian-language films
1940s Italian films
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