Boccaccio is a 1940 Italian operetta film directed by Marcello Albani and starring Clara Calamai, Osvaldo Valenti and Silvana Jachino. It is based on the 1879 operetta Boccaccio by Franz von Suppé.[1] It was made at the Scalera Studios in Rome.
| Boccaccio | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Marcello Albani |
| Written by | Maria Basaglia Luigi Bonelli Max Calandri Michele Galdieri Filippo Masoero Marcello Albani Camillo Walzel (libretto) Richard Genée (libretto) |
| Produced by | Ettore Presutti |
| Starring | Clara Calamai Osvaldo Valenti Silvana Jachino Luigi Almirante |
| Cinematography | Massimo Terzano |
| Edited by | Dolores Tamburini |
| Music by | Tarcisio Fusco |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Scalera Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Cast
edit- Clara Calamai as Giannina, falso Boccaccio
- Osvaldo Valenti as Berto
- Silvana Jachino as Fiammetta
- Luigi Almirante as Maestro Scalza
- Osvaldo Genazzani as Il principe di Parnormo
- Virgilio Riento as Il bottaro
- Anita Farra as Beatrice
- Bice Parisi as Peronella
- Nera Novella as Isabella
- Raffaele di Napoli as Il duca di Calabria
- Rudi Dal Pra as Leonetto
- Amilcare Pettinelli as Il Siniscalco
- Daniella Drei as Una ancella
- Gino Bianchi as Lambertuccio
- Dino De Laurentiis as Uno degli studenti con la penna
References
edit- ^ Goble p.693
Bibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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