''Scampolo'' is a 1941 Italian

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directed by

Nunzio Malasomma Nunzio Malasomma (4 February 1894 – 12 January 1974) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 41 films between 1923 and 1968. Selected filmography *''Red Love (1921 film), Red Love'' (1921) * ''Mister Radio'' (1924) * ' ...

and starring

Lilia Silvi Lilia Silvi (22 December 1922 – 27 July 2013) was an Italian film actress. Silvi was one of several young actresses presented as an Italian equivalent to the Canadian-born Hollywood star Deanna Durbin. She appeared opposite Amedeo Nazzari, the ...

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and

Carlo Romano Carlo Romano (8 May 1908 – 16 October 1975) was an Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter. Biography Born in Livorno, Romano was the son of actress Dina Romano and the younger brother of actor Felice Romano. Romano started his ac ...

.Pruzzo & Lancia p.77 The story is based on a play by

Dario Niccodemi Dario Niccodemi (27 January 1874 – 24 September 1934) was an Italian novelist and a playwright who was born in Italy. Life and career He spent his youth in Buenos Aires; he met the French actress ''Rejane'' in 1900, became her secretary and ...

which has been adapted for the screen a number of times. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It was shot at the Palatino Studios in

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Cast

as Scampolo *

as Tito Sacchi *

as Gerardo Bernini *

Luisa Garella Luisa Garella (born Luisa Gargarella, 6 January 1913 – 28 September 1983) was an Italian film actress who appeared in a number of films during the Fascist era. Garella died in Rome on 28 September 1983, at the age of 70.Enrico Lancia e Rober ...

as Franca *

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as Giulia Bernini * Giacomo Almirante as Il maestro Giglioli *

Guglielmo Barnabò Guglielmo Barnabò (11 May 1888 – 31 May 1954) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1926 and 1954. Life and career Born in Ancona, Barnabò made his stage debut in 1921 at the Greek Theatre of S ...

as Fallotti *

Mario Siletti Mario Giovanni Siletti (22 July 1903 – 19 April 1964) was an Italian actor. He was born in Turin. He performed in more than 160 films from 1932 to 1964. He began appearing in American films no later than 1946. From 1962 to 1964, he also portra ...

as Gastone *

Anita Durante Anita Durante (28 September 1897 – 2 May 1994) was an Italian actress. Born Anita Bianchi in Rome into a humble family, after attending a dramatic society for several years Durante made her official debut on stage in 1919, in Ettore Petro ...

as La proprietaria della stireria *

Arturo Bragaglia Arturo Bragaglia (7 January 1893 – 21 January 1962) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1938 to 1961. Selected filmography References External links * 1893 births 1962 deaths Italian male f ...

as Ernesto *

Gildo Bocci Gildo Bocci (1 September 1886 – 22 July 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1913 and 1959. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Partial filmography * '' Messalina'' (1924) - Apollonio * '' Quo Vadis'' (1924) ...

as Il fioraio * Toscano Giuntini as Il portiere * Armandina Bianchi as Una stiratrice *

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References

Bibliography

* Piero Pruzzo & Enrico Lancia. ''Amedeo Nazzari''. Gremese Editore, 1983.

External links

* 1941 films Italian comedy films Italian black-and-white films 1941 comedy films 1940s Italian-language films Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma Films set in Rome Minerva Film films Films shot at Palatino Studios 1940s Italian films Italian films based on plays Films based on works by Dario Niccodemi Italian-language comedy films {{1940s-Italy-film-stub