''The Last Adventure'' (Italian: ''L'ultima avventura'') is a 1932 Italian

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 ...

, starring Armando Falconi and

Diomira Jacobini Diomira Jacobini (25 May 1899 – 13 September 1959) was an Italian film actress of the silent era.Goble p.475 She was the younger sister of actress Maria Jacobini. Selected filmography * '' The Shadow of Her Past'' (1915) * '' The Rose of Grana ...

.Shiel p.49 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

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

* Armando Falconi as Armando *

as Lilly * Carlo Fontana as Paolo *

Cesare Zoppetti Cesare Zoppetti (January 1, 1876 – March 15, 1940) was an Italian stage and film actor. Zoppetti was a prolific film actor of the 1930s, appearing in nearly fifty productions between 1930 and his death in 1940 including the comedy ''What S ...

as Battista *

Nella Maria Bonora Nella Maria Bonora (19 May 1904 – 3 August 1990) was an Italian actress of film, radio and stage.Landy p.155 She also worked as a prominent voice actress, dubbing foreign films for release in the Italian market. Selected filmography * ''The Dev ...

as Luisa *

Giovanni Dolfini Giovanni Dolfini (1885-1968) was an Italian stage and film actor.Gambetti p.101 He also directed the 1920 silent film ''Dopo''. Selected filmography * '' Agrippina'' (1911) * '' The Last Adventure'' (1932) * ''Sleeping Beauty'' (1942) * ''A Yank ...

as Carlo - il cognato medico * Elisa Masi * Rossana Masi * Gemma Schirato as La zia * Elena Zoar as Giulia *

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 Don Luigi - il prete *

Ciro Galvani Ciro Galvani (1867–1956) was an Italian stage and film actor.Goble p.470 He appeared in a number of films directed by Carmine Gallone. Selected filmography * '' La storia di un peccato'' (1918) * '' Nemesis'' (1920) * '' The Ship'' (1921) * '' ...

as Il padre di Paolo * Maria Della Lunga Mandarelli as Adriana *

Pino Locchi Giuseppe "Pino" Locchi (10 November 1925 – 21 November 1994) was an Italian actor and voice actor. After starting his screen career as a child actor in the 1930s, Locchi later became a very prominent voice actor dubbing foreign films for relea ...

as Giorgetto *

Mino Doro Mino Doro (6 May 1903 – 13 April 1992) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than a hundred films between 1932 and 1970. Doro generally played supporting and character roles. He appeared as a blackshirt in the 1934 Fascist propaganda fi ...

Gianfranco Giachetti Gianfranco Giachetti (27 September 1888 – 29 November 1936) was an Italian stage and film actor. He played the role of Father Costanzo in Alessandro Blasetti's historical film ''1860''.Landy p.63 The same year he appeared in '' The Old Guard'' ...

Isa Pola Isa Pola (19 December 1909 – 17 December 1984) was an Italian stage and film actress. Born Maria Luisa Betti di Montesano, she appeared in more than 30 films during her career. An early screen role was the female lead in ''Steel'' (1933), a ...

as Una ragazza di Rapallo *

Carlo Romano Carlo Romano (8 May 1908 – 16 October 1975) was an Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter. Biography Born in Livorno, Romano was the son of actress Dina Romano and the younger brother of actor Felice Romano. Romano started his acting ...

as Don Gaetano - il notaio

References

Bibliography

* Mark Shiel. ''Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding the Cinematic City''. Columbia University Press, 2012.

External links

* 1932 comedy films Italian comedy films 1932 films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Camerini Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-comedy-film-stub