''Your Money or Your Life'' (Italian: ''O la borsa o la vita'') 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

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

Sergio Tofano Sergio Tòfano (20 August 1886 – 28 October 1973) was an Italian actor, director, playwright, scene designer and illustrator. Tofano was born in Rome. In 1909, he made his first appearance on stage with Ermete Novelli, then joined Virgil ...

, Rosetta Tofano and

Luigi Almirante Luigi Almirante (30 September 1884 – 6 May 1963) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in 62 films between 1921 and 1955. Life and career The son of a stage actor, Almirante was born in Tunis, where the theatrical company of ...

.Brunetta, Gian Piero. ''The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century''.

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, 2009. p. 79. . It was made at the

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. The film's

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was by

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 Daniele * Rosetta Tofano as Renata *

as Giovanni Bensi * Cesare Zoppetti as Tommaso * Lamberto Picasso as Anarchic *Mara Dussia as Lady with dog *

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 ...

*Mario Ferrari * Giovanni Lombardi *

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 ...

Giovanni Ferrari Giovanni Ferrari (; 6 December 1907 – 2 December 1982) was an Italian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder/inside forward on the left. He is regarded as one of the best players of his generation, one of Italy's best ever players, a ...

Mario De Bernardi Mario de Bernardi (1893–1959) was an Italian World War I fighter pilot, seaplane air racer of the 1920s, and test pilot of early Italian experimental jets. Early life De Bernardi was born on 1 July 1893 in Venosa, Italy. In 1911, at the age ...

References

Bibliography

*Moliterno, Gino. ''Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. .

External links

* Italian comedy films 1932 comedy films Films directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Italian black-and-white films Cines Studios films Films scored by Vittorio Rieti 1930s Italian-language films 1930s Italian films {{1930s-Italy-comedy-film-stub