''Maddalena, Zero for Conduct'' (Italian: ''Maddalena... zero in condotta'') is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones"

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

Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Sciuscià'' and ''Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary) ...

.Cardullo p.117 It is a remake of the Hungarian film ''

Magda Expelled ''Magda Expelled'' (Hungarian: ''Magdát kicsapják'') is a 1938 Hungarian comedy film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Ida Turay, Klári Tolnay and Antal Páger.Reich & Garofalo p.155 The film was based on a play. In 1940 it was remade i ...

'' (1938).

Plot

A mysterious love letter arrives to Alfredo Hartman (

) in Vienna, and he goes to Rome to find who wrote it.

Cast

as Alfredo Hartman *

Vera Bergman Vera Bergman (16 February 1920 – 1971) was a German stage and film actress known for her roles in Italian films. Bergman died in 1971. Biography Vera Bergmann was the daughter of Dutch diplomat Carl Bergman. Her mother was of Austrian descent ...

as L'insegnante Elisa Malgari *

Carla Del Poggio Carla Del Poggio (2 December 1925 – 14 October 2010) was an Italian cinema, theatre, and television actress. Biography Born Maria Luisa Attanasio in Naples, she was the wife of Italian director Alberto Lattuada for 60 years, from 2 April 194 ...

as Maddalena Lenci *

Irasema Dilián Irasema Dilián (born Eva Irasema Warschalowska; May 27, 1924 – April 16, 1996) was an actress. Born in Brazil to Polish parents, she began her film career in Italy, and appeared in Italian, Spanish and Mexican films. Biography Irasema Dili ...

as Eva Barta, la privatista (as Eva Dilian) *

Amelia Chellini Amelia Chellini (16 June 1880 – 31 May 1944), was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 38 films between 1912 and 1944. She was born in Florence, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * '' La segretaria per tutti'' (1933 ...

as La direttrice *

Pina Renzi Pina Renzi (16 December 1901 – 13 July 1984) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1933 and 1959. She also directed one film, ''Cercasi bionda bella presenza'', in 1942. She was born in Morciano di Romagn ...

as La professoressa Varzi *

Paola Veneroni Paola Veneroni (15 January 1922 – 15 January 2021) was an Italian film and stage actress. She rose to prominence in the 1940s, starring in films such as the comedy ''The Twentieth Duke'' (1945) before switching to working in theatre. She was al ...

as L'allieva Varghetti, la spiona * Dora Bini as L'allieva Caricati *

Enza Delbi The Enza (; egl, Èinsa) is a river in northern Italy, a right tributary of the river Po. Its source is at the Alpe di Succiso, in the northern Apennines (Tuscan-Emilian Apennines), at . The Enza is the current boundary of the provinces of Par ...

as Un'allieva * Roberto Villa as Stefano Armani *

Armando Migliari Armando Migliari (29 April 1889 – 15 June 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in Latium, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934 ...

as Malesci, il professore di chimica *Guglielmo Barnabò as Il signor Emilio Lenci *

Giuseppe Varni Giuseppe Varni (born Józef Bruno Winawer) (1902-1965) was a Polish-born Italian stage actor, stage and film actor.Anile p.135 Selected filmography * ''Oltre l'amore'' (1940) - Il commissario * ''Amami Alfredo'' (1940) - (uncredited) * ''Etern ...

as Amilcare Bondani, il bidello *

Arturo Bragaglia Arturo Bragaglia (7 January 1893 – 21 January 1962) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1938 to 1961. Selected filmography References External links * 1893 births 1962 deaths Italian male f ...

as Sila, il professore di ginnastica

References

Bibliography

* Cardullo, Bert. ''Vittorio De Sica: Actor, Director, Auteur''. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009.

External links

* 1940 films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Vittorio De Sica Italian black-and-white films 1940 comedy films Italian remakes of foreign films Remakes of Hungarian films Italian comedy films 1940s Italian films {{1940s-Italy-comedy-film-stub