''It Always Ends That Way'' (Italian: ''Finisce sempre così'') is a 1939 Italian

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directed by

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and starring

Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: '' Sciuscià'' and '' Bicycle Thieves'' (honorar ...

Nedda Francy Nedda Francy (November 29, 1908 – January 26, 1982) was an Argentine stage and film actress. Working mostly in Argentina, in 1939 she appeared alongside Vittorio De Sica in the Italian comedy ''It Always Ends That Way''. In 1948 she starred in t ...

and

Roberto Rey Roberto Rey (15 February 1905 – 30 May 1972) was a Chilean film actor who worked in Spain, appearing in more than fifty films during his career including the 1935 musical ''Paloma Fair''.D'Lugo p.106 Selected filmography * '' A Lucky Man'' ( ...

. The film was based on a novel by

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.Goble p.128 It was shot at the

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studios in

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with sets designed by

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Cast

as Alberto Miller *

as Elisabetta *

as Renato * Noëlle Norman as Mariza Kalmay * Pina Renzi as La signora Kalmay * Assia De Busny as Florika *

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as Daisy * Alfredo Robert as Il parrocco * Eugenio Duse as Il regista * Carlo Chertier as Il critico Feroski * Alfredo Bracchi as Il paroliere *

Ernesto Calindri Ernesto Calindri (5 February 1909 – 9 June 1999) was an Italian theater and film actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1938 and 1989. Selected filmography * '' Golden Arrow'' (1935) * '' It Always Ends That Way'' (1939) * ''The Children ...

as Un cameriere * Vasco Creti as L'investigatore privato * Liana Del Balzo as La cameriera dell' albergo *

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as Un paesano *

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as L'amica di Elisabetta * Walter Grant as Un padrino *

Alfredo Martinelli Alfredo Martinelli (7 March 1899 – 11 November 1968) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1916 and 1967. He was born and died in Siena, Tuscany. Selected filmography * ''I Topi Grigi'' (1918) * '' Tortured Soul'' ( ...

as Il marchese Ignazio Kovacs *

Giovanni Onorato Giovanni Onorato (February 7, 1910 - February 23, 1960) was an Italian film actor.Chiti & Poppi p.85 He was the father of the actor Glauco Onorato and the cinematographer Marco Onorato. Selected filmography * '' La stella del cinema'' (1931) * ...

as Il pianista stonato *

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as La cameriera * Emilio Petacci as Un contadino barbuto * Carlo Ranieri as Un anziano paesano * Roberto as Un ballerino * Gustavo Serena as Janosh, il maggiordomo

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1939 films Italian musical comedy films 1939 musical comedy films 1930s Italian-language films Films based on French novels Italian black-and-white films Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Minerva Film films Films set in Budapest 1930s Italian films {{musical-comedy-film-stub