The Devil Goes to Boarding School (Italian: Il diavolo va in collegio) is a 1944 Italian comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Lilia Silvi, Leonardo Cortese and Greta Gonda.[1] The plot is based on the libretto of the operetta Mam'zelle Nitouche by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud.[2] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.
| The Devil Goes to Boarding School | |
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| Directed by | Jean Boyer |
| Written by | Jean Boyer Achille Campanile Carlo Veneziani Franco Zenin |
| Based on | Mam'zelle Nitouche by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud |
| Produced by | Nicola Naracci Angelo Mosco |
| Starring | Lilia Silvi Leonardo Cortese Greta Gonda |
| Cinematography | Charles Suin |
| Edited by | Jacques Desagneaux Mario Serandrei |
| Music by | Eldo Di Lazzaro |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Minerva Film |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Synopsis
editGraziella, a high-spirited young heiress, it sent to boarding school in order to try and curb her mischievous behaviour. While at first she pretends to be docile, this is just a cover for her to play more tricks on her teachers. In particular she becomes a thorn in the side of one of a young male professor and sets out to sabotage a revue he is staging starring his dancer girlfriend.
Cast
edit- Lilia Silvi as Graziella
- Leonardo Cortese as Rodolfo Poggi / Marcello Mari
- Greta Gonda as Nora Nori
- Guglielmo Barnabò as Il giudice Testones
- Giacinto Molteni as Bortolo
- Vittorina Benvenuti as Signorina Polipini nº1
- Anna Capodaglio as Signorina Polipini nº2
- Olinto Cristina as Il direttore del teatro
- Liana Del Balzo as Signora Testones
- Giannina Gobbi as Professoressa Bellona
- Lea Migliorini as Una collegiale
References
editBibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Reich, Jacqueline Beth. Fascism, Film, and Female Subjectivity: The Case of Italian Cinema 1936-1943. University of California, Berkeley, 1994.
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