''Teresa Venerdì'' is a 1941 Italian " white-telephones"

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directed by

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. It is a

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of the 1938 Hungarian film ''

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'' he name of the character, Venerdi, meaning Friday in Italian

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as Dr. Pietro Vignali * Adriana Benetti as Teresa Venerdì * Irasema Dilián as Lilli Passalacqua *

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 Agostino Passalacqua *

Olga Vittoria Gentilli Olga Vittoria Gentilli (19 July 1888 – 29 May 1957) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in around forty films during the Fascist era and immediate post-war years. She generally played supporting roles in films such as '' Naple ...

as Rosa Passalacqua *

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as Maddalena Tentini/Loretta Prima *

Elvira Betrone Elvira Betrone (1881–1961) was an Italian actress of stage, film, radio and television.Cardullo p.114 Selected filmography * '' Teresa Venerdì'' (1941) * '' A Garibaldian in the Convent'' (1942) * ''A Pilot Returns'' (1942) * '' The Little Tea ...

as the director of the orphanage *

Giuditta Rissone Giuditta Rissone (28 August 1895 – 31 May 1977) was an Italian film actress who appeared in 25 films between 1933 and 1966. She was born in Genoa and died in Rome. In 1937 in Asti, in the Montferrat region of Piemont she became the wife o ...

as Anna (teacher) *

Virgilio Riento Virgilio Riento (29 November 1889 – 7 September 1959) was an Italian actor and comedian. He appeared in 108 films between 1936 and 1959. Life and career The son of a theatrical impresario, Riento made his debut on stage as a child, as a ...

as Antonio *

Annibale Betrone Annibale Betrone (9 December 1883 – 11 December 1950) was an Italian stage and film actor, and film, theatre and radio director.Goble p.34 Selected filmography * '' Black Shirt'' (1933) * '' Villafranca'' (1934) * '' Teresa Venerdì'' (1941) * ...

as Umberto Vignali *

Nico Pepe Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981. Life and career Born in Udine, after a bachelor's degree in business Pepe got a job as a banking clerk, which he q ...

as Dr. Pasquale Grosso *

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as Giuseppina *

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as Alice * Alessandra Adari as Caterina (teacher) * Lina Marengo as Mrs. Ricci

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* 1941 films 1940s Italian-language films Films set in Rome Films directed by Vittorio De Sica Films scored by Renzo Rossellini Italian black-and-white films 1941 comedy films Italian remakes of foreign films Remakes of Hungarian films Films with screenplays by Cesare Zavattini Italian comedy films 1940s Italian films Italian-language comedy films {{1940s-Italy-comedy-film-stub

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