''We Were Seven Widows'' ( it, Eravamo sette vedove) is a 1939 Italian "
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comedy film
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directed by
Mario Mattoli
Mario Mattoli (; 30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966.
His 1939 film ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy ...
and starring
Antonio Gandusio.
Cast
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Antonio Gandusio - L'avvocato Ruggero Mauri
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Nino Taranto
Nino Taranto (28 August 1907 – 23 February 1986) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1924 and 1971.
Life and career
Born in Naples, Taranto started his career as a child actor in 1918 starring in some loca ...
- Orlando, il cameriere di bordo
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Laura Nucci
Laura Nucci (1913–1994) was an Italian film actress. Nucci was one of the stars of the Fascist era, emerging after she won a competition.Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013. p.56 H ...
- Vera
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Silvana Jachino
Silvana Jachino (2 February 1916 – 28 August 2004) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 65 films between 1936 and 1970. She was born in Milan, Italy and died in Rimini, Italy.
Partial filmography
* ''Cuor di vagabondo'' (1936)
* ...
- Barbara
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Laura Solari
Laura Solari ( Camaur; 5 January 1913 – 13 September 1984) was an Italian film actress.
Early and personal life
Laura Camaur was born on 5 January 1913, in Trieste, then part of Austria-Hungary. She was the daughter of sculptor and arti ...
- Anna Calcini
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Greta Gonda
Greta Gonda (1917–1974) was an Austrian stage and film actress who emigrated to Italy where she worked as a leading lady.Gundle p. 267 She was born in Margarethe Tomicek Mondschein in Vienna, but left for Italy in the mid-1930s. In later life Go ...
- Maria
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Anna Maria Dossena
Anna Maria Dossena (1912–1990) was an Italian stage and film actress.Walman p.162
Selected filmography
* ''Television
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- Ada
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Maria Dominiani
Maria "Mariuccia" Dominiani (10 May 1913 – 10 December 1993) was an Italian actress.
Biography
Dominiani made her debut on screen in the 1936 film ''Joe the Red'', dedicating herself also to variety shows and photo comics in the following dec ...
- Liliana
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Amelia Chellini
Amelia Chellini (16 June 1880 – 31 May 1944), was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 38 films between 1912 and 1944. She was born in Florence, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''La segretaria per tutti'' (1933) ...
- Gioconda Zappi Torriani
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Oscar Andriani
Oscar Andriani (28 December 1905 – 17 July 1987) was an Italian actor and playwright. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1937 to 1969.
Life and career
Born in Brescia, Andriani made his stage debut at 17 years old in the theatrical comp ...
- Il marito di Liliana
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Gino Bianchi - Francesco, il marito di Anna
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- Il marito di Ada
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Mario Siletti
Mario Giovanni Siletti (22 July 1903 – 19 April 1964) was an Italian actor. He was born in Turin. He performed in more than 160 films from 1932 to 1964. He began appearing in American films no later than 1946. From 1962 to 1964, he also portra ...
- Popi, il marito geloso di Vera
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Carlo Micheluzzi
Carlo Micheluzzi (1886–1973) was an Italian stage and film actor
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- Matteo
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Ori Monteverdi
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- L'infermiera
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Armando Migliari
Armando Migliari (29 April 1889 – 15 June 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in Latium, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''The Last of the Bergeracs'' (1934 ...
- Il medico
External links
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1939 films
1939 comedy films
Italian comedy films
1930s Italian-language films
Italian black-and-white films
Films directed by Mario Mattoli
1930s Italian films
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