''The First Woman Who Passes'' (Italian: ''La prima donna che passa'') is a 1940 Italian
historical
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comedy film
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directed by
Max Neufeld
Max Neufeld (13 February 1887 – 2 December 1967) was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film '' The Song of the Sun'', which starred Vittorio De Sica.
Select ...
and starring
Alida Valli
Alida Maria Laura, ''Freiin'' Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli (or simply Valli), was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, s ...
,
Carlo Lombardi and
Niní Gordini Cervi
Niní Gordini Cervi (1907–1988) was an Italian actress.Goble p.112 She was married to the actor Gino Cervi. She worked in films, radio and on the stage.
Selected filmography
* ''Five to Nil'' (1932)
* ''The Two Misanthropists
''The Two Misant ...
. The film is set in eighteenth century
France
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.
[Gundle p.226] It was made at the
Palatino Studios The Safa Palatino Studios are a complex of film and television studios in the Italian capital Rome. It is owned by Mediaset, who use it for the production of television programmes.
Historically, the site was used as a film studio from the 1930s to ...
in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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.
Cast
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Alida Valli
Alida Maria Laura, ''Freiin'' Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli (or simply Valli), was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, s ...
as Gabrielle de Vervins
*
Carlo Lombardi as
Il duca di Richelieu
*
Niní Gordini Cervi
Niní Gordini Cervi (1907–1988) was an Italian actress.Goble p.112 She was married to the actor Gino Cervi. She worked in films, radio and on the stage.
Selected filmography
* ''Five to Nil'' (1932)
* ''The Two Misanthropists
''The Two Misant ...
as
La marchesa de Prie
*
Giuseppe Rinaldi
Giuseppe Rinaldi (14 September 1919 – 15 December 2007) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Rinaldi appeared in more than 20 films between 1939 and 1982. During his time, he was considered of be one of the most greatest and inf ...
as Raoul d'Aubigny
*
Lisa Varna as Marietta
*
Achille Majeroni
Achille Majeroni (24 August 1881 – 12 October 1964) was an Italian film actor.
Born in Syracuse, Sicily, son of Achille Majeroni and his second wife Graziosa Bignetti, he made his stage debut at age twelve with the Marazzi-Diligenti c ...
as Il vescovo di Fleury
*
Olinto Cristina
Olinto Cristina (5 February 1888 – 17 June 1962) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Florence to actors Raffaello Cristina and Cesira Sabatini, Cristina began acting on stage as a child. His sisters Ines Cristina Zaccon ...
as Il conte di Vervins
*
Guglielmo Barnabò
Guglielmo Barnabò (11 May 1888 – 31 May 1954) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1926 and 1954.
Life and career
Born in Ancona, Barnabò made his stage debut in 1921 at the Greek Theatre of ...
as Il console d'Auvray
*
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 duca di Borbone
*
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 Andrea
*
Augusto Marcacci
Augusto Marcacci (4 June 1892 – 7 December 1969) was an Italian actor and voice actor.Mancini p.229
Selected filmography
* '' Dimmed Lights'' (1934)
* '' Lady of Paradise'' (1934)
* '' Golden Arrow'' (1935)
* ''Condottieri'' (1937)
* '' The Cuc ...
as Il governatore Delaroche
*
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'' (1936)
...
as Lagrange
*
Mario Giannini as
Luigi XV
*
Diana Lante
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* Diana (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon
* Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997 ...
as Madame Charolais
*
Eugenio Duse
Eugenio Duse (1889–1969) was an Italian stage and film actor who appeared in thirty one films during his career.Hochkofler p.31 He was a relative of the celebrated stage actress Eleonora Duse.
Selected filmography
* '' Your Money or Your Life ...
as Piccard
References
Bibliography
* Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links
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1940 films
Italian historical drama films
Italian black-and-white films
1940 drama films
1940s historical drama films
1940s Italian-language films
Films directed by Max Neufeld
Films set in the 18th century
Films set in France
Films shot at Palatino Studios
1940s Italian films
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