''Together in the Dark'' (Italian: ''Al buio insieme'') is a 1933 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

Gennaro Righelli Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, ''T ...

and starring

Sandra Ravel Sandra Ravel (16 January 1910 – 13 August 1954) was an Italian film actress of the 1930s. Biography She was born as Alessandra Winkelhauser Ratti in Milan, Italy in 1910 to a German father who was a chemical plant worker, and a Swiss mother ...

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 ...

and

Lamberto Picasso Lamberto Picasso (21 October 1880 – 17 September 1962) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1914 and 1953. Selected filmography * ''The Naked Truth'' (1914) * ''The Doctor's Secret'' (1931) * ''Paradise'' (1932) * ' ...

.Mancini p.216 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

as Clara *

as Carlo *

as Impresario *

Olga Vittoria Gentilli Olga Vittoria Gentilli (19 July 1888 – 29 May 1957) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in around forty films during the Fascist era and immediate post-war years. She generally played supporting roles in films such as ''Naples ...

as Zia *

Romolo Costa Romolo Costa (26 February 1897 - 1 January 1965) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Costa appeared in more than seventy films and television series between 1934 and 1964 and he was a character actor who generally appeared in support ...

as segretario di Taiti *

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 barista * Carlo Ranieri as il cliente di un hotel * Amedeo Giovacchini

References

Bibliography

* Mancini, Elaine. ''Struggles of the Italian Film Industry During Fascism, 1930-1935''. UMI Research Press, 1985.

External links

* 1933 films Italian comedy films 1933 comedy films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Gennaro Righelli Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-comedy-film-stub