''Zaganella and the Cavalier'' (Italian: ''Zaganella e il cavaliere'') is a 1932 Italian

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directed by Giorgio Mannini and

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and starring Arturo Falconi,

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and Carlo Lombardi. It is also known as ''Zaganella and the Honorable Gentleman''.Moliterno p.298

Cast

* Arturo Falconi as Il cavaliere Pidagna / Il vetturino Zaganella *

as Lia, la sua figlia * Carlo Lombardi as Ignazio Meli * Maria Wronska as Elsa Moro, la cantante * Olga Capri as Donna Mara * Vasco Creti as Il notaio Scafiti *

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as Balata *

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as Carru Iongu *

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* Oreste Bilancia * Umberto Sacripante *

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as Robertino * Silvana Mussone as Agatina

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Moliterno, Gino. ''Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

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