''Unripe Fruit'' (Italian: ''Frutto acerbo'') is a 1934 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

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 f ...

and starring Lotte Menas,

Nino Besozzi Nino Besozzi (6 February 1901 – 2 February 1971) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1931 and 1970. He was born in and died in Milan, Italy. Partial filmography * ''The Private Secretary'' (1931) - Il ban ...

and

Maria Wronska Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, d ...

. A German-language version of the same story was made in Austria as ''

A Precocious Girl ''A Precocious Girl'' (German title: ''Csibi, der Fratz'' aka ''Früchtchen'') is a 1934 Austrian comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and Richard Eichberg and starring Franciska Gaal, Leopoldine Konstantin and Herbert Hübner. The film's sets we ...

''.Piemontese p.372

Cast

* Lotte Menas as Lucy Carell - attrice di varietà *

as Giorgio Verni *

as Madre di Lucy *

Ugo Ceseri Ugo Ceseri (30 June 1893 – 3 December 1940) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in forty two films between 1931 and his death in 1940. In 1934 he appeared in the play '' 18 BL'', an attempt to create a mass theatre by the Fascist ...

as Professore Ugoti * Matilde Casagrande as Gertrude - la governante *

Giuseppe Porelli Giuseppe Porelli (24 November 1897 – 5 March 1982) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born Giuseppe Porcelli in Naples, he graduated from the Istituto Tecnico and became an employee of Ferrovie dello Stato. Wh ...

as Maggiordomo * Elevira Borelli as Eva * Nino Lary as Gigino *

Luigi Cimara Luigi Cimara (19 July 1891 – 26 January 1962) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1914 and 1960. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Partial filmography * ''L'esplosione del forte B.2'' (1914) * ''Cura di baci'' ( ...

as Edoardo Manni * Carlo Petrangeli as Tort *

Jone Frigerio Jone may refer to: * ''Jone'' (opera), an 1858 opera in four acts by Errico Petrella *Jonê County, a county in Gansu, People's Republic of China *Jone Pinto Jone da Silva Pinto (born 13 November 1991), commonly known as Jone or Pinto is a Braz ...

as Educatrice * Alberto Gabrielli * Lucia Cannone

References

Bibliography

* Pietro Piemontese. ''Remake: il cinema e la via dell'eterno ritorno''. Castelvecchi, 2000.

External links

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