''Mad Animals'' (Italian:''Animali pazzi'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones"

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 f ...

and starring

Totò Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il principe della risat ...

Luisa Ferida Luisa Ferida, real surname Manfrini (18 March 1914 – 30 April 1945), was an Italian stage and film actress. She was considered a diva in Italian cinema during 1935 to 1945 and was the highest paid movie star of that period. The actress was ...

and

Calisto Bertramo Calisto Bertramo (28 August 1875 – 30 September 1941) was an Italian stage actor, stage and film actor. Bertramo appeared in around twenty films and frequently on the stage. Life and career Born in Turin, after graduating from high school Be ...

.Moliterno p.316 It was made at the

Titanus Studios Titanus (also called Titanus Distribuzione) is an Italian film production and distribution company, founded in 1904 by Gustavo Lombardo (1885–1951). The company's headquarters are located at 28 Via Sommacampagna, Rome and its studios on the Vi ...

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Plot

Baron Tolomeo dei Tolemei is about to receive the inheritance of a relative, just died. The legacy, however, as he wants the will, must go in part to finance a medical structure for crazy animals. Only then Baron Tolomeo may have the rich heritage. The affair proves complicated, because Tolomeo has a love affair with the beautiful Maria Luisa. The troubles continue when in life of Tolomeo breaks his poor twin-brother Antonio, physically like him, who secretly falls in love with Maria Luisa.

Cast

as Barone Tolomeo dei Tolomei/His brother *

as Maria Luisa *

as Fabrizio, il maggiordomo *

Lilia Dale Lilia Dale (18 July 1919 – 3 December 1991) was an Italian film actress. Dale was born in Pola on 18 July 1919, and died in Padova on 3 December 1991, at the age of 72. Selected filmography * '' Il signor Max'' (1937) * ''Nonna Felicità'' ...

as Ninetta *

Dina Perbellini Dina Perbellini (14 January 1901 – 2 April 1983) was an Italian actress. She appeared in over sixty films and television series between 1934 and 1969 and was also a leading voice actress, dubbing foreign films for release in Italy.Reich, Jacqu ...

as La direttrice dell'ospedale degli animali * Bianca Stagno Bellincioni as Zia Elisa *

Claudio Ermelli Claudio Ermelli (24 July 1892 – 29 October 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1915 to 1962. Internationally, he is best known for his role as Giovanni, Gregory Peck's landlord in ''Roman Holiday ...

as Il notaio *

Raffaele Giachini Raffaele () is an Italian given name and surname, variant of the English Raphael (given name), Raphael. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Raffaele Amato (born 1965), Italian mobster *Raffaele Cutolo (1941–2021), Italian mobster * ...

as Il pretendente *

Cesare Polacco Cesare Polacco (14 May 1900 – 2 March 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Venice, Polacco started his career in 1920 in the stage company of Emilio Zago, with whom he played most of the Goldoni's repertoire. In 19 ...

as Il creditore *

Pina Gallini Pina Gallini (19 March 1888 – 31 January 1974) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 82 films between 1935 and 1963. Selected filmography * ''The Countess of Parma'' (1936) * '' The Ferocious Saladin'' (1937) * '' The Former Matti ...

as La proprietaria del cavallo pazzo

References

Bibliography

* Moliterno, Gino. ''Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1939 films Italian comedy films 1939 comedy films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian films Films scored by Ezio Carabella Italian-language comedy films {{1930s-Italy-comedy-film-stub