Alone at Last (film)
1942 film by Giacomo Gentilomo
Alone at Last (Italian: Finalmente soli) is a 1942 Italian period comedy film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo, starring Enrico Viarisio, María Mercader and Maurizio D'Ancora. It featured a supporting role for the future star Anna Magnani. It was shot at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Veniero Colasanti.
Synopsis
The story takes place around the turn of the twentieth century. To secure an inheritance from his aunt, a young man has to pretend to be engaged. Complications ensue when his aunt demands to see his fiancée and he asks his friend to lend him his future bride to pull off the deception.
Cast
Enrico Viarisio as Benedetto Bodengo
María Mercader as Angela
Maurizio D'Ancora as Giulio De Ritis
Anna Magnani as Ninetta alias "Lulù"
Virgilio Riento as Il cugino Michele
Checco Rissone as Paolo
Ernesto Almirante as Il professore Ippolito Mariani
Jone Morino as La signora Mariani
Adriana Sivieri as Lilli
Nicolás D. Perchicot as Adalberto
Velia Galvani as Zia Aurora
Maria Dominiani as Lea
Lia Corelli as Cesarina
Pina Gallini as La portinaia
References
Bibliography
De Giusti, Luciano. Giacomo Gentilomo, cineasta popolare. Kaplan, 2008.
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