''The Last Adventure'' (Italian: ''L'ultima avventura'') is a 1932 Italian

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

Mario Camerini Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Camerini began his career in the film industry in 1920, working for his cousin the director Augusto Genina. Camerini went on to direct his own fi ...

, starring

Armando Falconi Armando Falconi (1871–1954) was an Italian stage actor, stage and film actor who appeared in more than forty films during his career. He played the lead in the 1931 comedy ''The Charmer (1931 film), The Charmer''.Landy p.63-65 Life and caree ...

and Diomira Jacobini.Shiel p.49 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Gastone Medin Gastone Medin (1905–1973) was a Dalmatian Italian art director.Anile p.132 He worked on more than a hundred and fifty films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Figaro and His Great Day'' (1931) * '' Lowered Sails'' (1931) * ''The Tab ...

Cast

as Armando * Diomira Jacobini as Lilly * Carlo Fontana as Paolo *

Cesare Zoppetti Cesare Zoppetti (1 January 1876 – 15 March 1940) was an Italian stage and film actor. Zoppetti was a prolific film actor of the 1930s, appearing in nearly fifty productions between 1930 and his death in 1940 including the comedy '' What Sc ...

as Battista *

Nella Maria Bonora Nella Maria Bonora (19 May 1904 – 3 August 1990) was an Italian actress of film, radio and stage.Landy p.155 She also worked as a prominent voice actress, dubbing foreign films for release in the Italian market. Selected filmography * ''The Dev ...

as Luisa *

Giovanni Dolfini Giovanni Dolfini (1885-1968) was an Italian stage and film actor.Gambetti p.101 He also directed the 1920 silent film ''Dopo''. Selected filmography * '' Agrippina'' (1911) * '' The Last Adventure'' (1932) * ''Sleeping Beauty'' (1942) * '' A Yank ...

as Carlo - il cognato medico * Elisa Masi * Rossana Masi * Gemma Schirato as La zia * Elena Zoar as Giulia *

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 Don Luigi - il prete *

Ciro Galvani Ciro Galvani (1867–1956) was an Italian stage and film actor.Goble p.470 He appeared in a number of films directed by Carmine Gallone. Selected filmography * '' La storia di un peccato'' (1918) * ''Nemesis'' (1920) * '' The Ship'' (1921) * ''Th ...

as Il padre di Paolo * Maria Della Lunga Mandarelli as Adriana *

Pino Locchi Giuseppe "Pino" Locchi (10 November 1925 – 21 November 1994) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Locchi began his screen career as a child actor in 1932 starring in the film ''The Last Adventure (1932 film), The Last Adventure'' ...

as Giorgetto *

Mino Doro Mino Doro (6 May 1903 – 13 April 1992) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than a hundred films between 1932 and 1970. Doro generally played supporting and character roles. He appeared as a blackshirt in the 1934 Fascist propaganda f ...

* Gianfranco Giachetti *

Isa Pola Isa Pola (born Maria Luisa Betti di Montesano; 19 December 1909 – 17 December 1984) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films during her career; an early screen role was the female lead in ''Steel (1933 film), S ...

as Una ragazza di Rapallo *

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 ...

as Don Gaetano - il notaio

References

Bibliography

* Mark Shiel. ''Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding the Cinematic City''. Columbia University Press, 2012.

External links

* 1932 comedy films Italian comedy films 1932 films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Camerini Italian black-and-white films 1930s Italian films Films scored by Ezio Carabella {{1930s-Italy-comedy-film-stub