''The Document'' (Italian: ''Il documento'') is a 1939 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
Mario Camerini
Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. H ...
and starring
Ruggero Ruggeri,
Armando Falconi and
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 ...
.
[Stewart p.71]
It was made at the
Cinecittà Studios
Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City Studios), is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios we ...
in Rome. The film's
art direction was by
Gastone Medin
Gastone Medin (1905–1973) was an Italian art director.Anile p.132 He worked on more than a hundred and fifty films during his career.
Selected filmography
* ''Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931)
* '' Lowered Sails'' (1931)
* ''The Table of the P ...
.
Cast
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Ruggero Ruggeri as Leandro, il maggiordomo
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Armando Falconi as Il commendator Larussi
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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 La contessina Luisa Sabelli
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Maurizio D'Ancora
Rodolfo Gucci (16 July 1912 – 15 May 1983), also known by his stage name Maurizio D'Ancora, was an Italian actor and entrepreneur, who appeared in more than 40 films between 1929 and 1946. He was a member of the Gucci family. His only child, M ...
as L'ingegnere Pezzini detto 'Pallino'
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Giacomo Moschini as Il conte Sabelli
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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
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1893 births
1962 deaths
Italian male f ...
as Lulù
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Ernesto Almirante
Ernesto Almirante (24 September 1877 – 13 December 1964) was an Italian film and stage actor.
Life and career
Born in Mistretta into a family of actors, Almirante worked several years on stage along his father Nunzio. He was also active as a ...
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Mercedes Brignone
Mercedes Brignone (18 May 1885 – 24 June 1967) was a Spanish-born Italian stage, film and television actress. She was the daughter of the actor Giuseppe Brignone. She often played divas, and appeared in numerous silent films for Milano Films ...
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Pina Gallini
Pina Gallini (19 March 1888 – 31 January 1974) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 82 films between 1935 and 1963.
Selected filmography
* ''The Countess of Parma'' (1936)
* ''The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937)
* ''The Former Mattia ...
*
Tullio Galvani
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Adele Garavaglia
Adele Garavaglia (1869–1944) was an Italian stage and film actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media su ...
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Lauro Gazzolo
Lauro Gazzolo (born Ilario Gazzolo; 15 October 1900 – 2 October 1970) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Nervi in Genoa, Gazzolo began his career on screen in 1938 starring in the comedy film ''The Document'' and bec ...
as Uno dei lestofani
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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 ...
References
Bibliography
* Stewart, John. ''Italian Film: A Who's Who'', McFarland, 1994.
External links
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1939 comedy films
Italian comedy films
1939 films
1930s Italian-language films
Films directed by Mario Camerini
Italian black-and-white films
Films scored by Alessandro Cicognini
1930s Italian films
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