''Departure at Seven'' () is a 1946 Italian
musical
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comedy film
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directed by
Mario Mattoli
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His 1939 film ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comed ...
and starring
Chiaretta Gelli,
Carlo Campanini
Carlo Campanini (5 October 1906 – 20 November 1984) was an Italian actor, singer and comedian. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1939 and 1969.
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Born in Turin, Campanini attended a technical school and a course of ...
and
Laura Gore
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While studying accounting, in 1940 she won the eighth edition of the amateur ...
.
[Celli & Cottino-Jones p.68] The film's sets were designed by the
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Gastone Medin
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Selected filmography
* '' Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931)
* '' Lowered Sails'' (1931)
* ''The Tab ...
. It was shot at the
Fert Studios in
Turin
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.
Cast
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Chiaretta Gelli as Chiaretta Fumagalli
*
Carlo Campanini
Carlo Campanini (5 October 1906 – 20 November 1984) was an Italian actor, singer and comedian. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1939 and 1969.
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Born in Turin, Campanini attended a technical school and a course of ...
as Se stesso
*
Alberto Rabagliati
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Alberto Rabagliati was born in Milan in 1906 and was the son of a Piedmontese couple: his father Leandro Valentino Rabagliati and his mother Delfina B ...
as Giorgio
*
Laura Gore
Laura Gore (born Laura Emilia Regli; 30 September 1918 – 27 March 1957) was an Italian actress and voice actress. She appeared in 39 films between 1945 and 1955.
While studying accounting, in 1940 she won the eighth edition of the amateur ...
as Lucy D'Orsay
*
Tino Scotti
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as Filippo
*
Enzo Turco
Enzo Turco (1902 – 7 July 1983) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 39 films between 1939 and 1972. He was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* '' Departure at Seven'' (1946)
* ''Fear and Sand'' (19 ...
as Nicolino
*
Nando Bruno
Nando Bruno (6 October 1895 – 10 April 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 84 films between 1938 and 1961. He was born in Rome, Italy and he died there.
Selected filmography
* '' A Lady Did It'' (1938) - Un collego di Pasqual ...
as Brunetti
*
Raimondo Vianello
Raimondo Vianello (7 May 1922 – 15 April 2010) was an Italian film actor, comedian, and television host. He was a well-known Italian television personality.
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He was born in Rome, but spent his youth in Pula, where his father, an ...
as Spettatore a teatro
*
Maria Donati
* Paolo Bonecchi
*
Egisto Olivieri
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* Dino Peretti
*
Galeazzo Benti
Galeazzo Benti (6 August 1923 – 21 April 1993) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1942 and 1991.
Life and career
Born Galeazzo Bentivoglio in Florence, Italy, a descendant of the Bentivoglio family, which ru ...
References
Bibliography
* Carlo Celli & Marga Cottino-Jones. ''A New Guide to Italian Cinema''. Springer, 2007.
External links
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1946 films
1940s Italian-language films
Italian black-and-white films
Films directed by Mario Mattoli
Lux Film films
Italian musical comedy films
1946 musical comedy films
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