Castles in the Air (1939 film)
{{short description|1939 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Castles in the Air
| image = Castles in the Air (1939 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Augusto Genina
| producer = C.O. Barbieri
| writer = {{ubl|{{Interlanguage link|Franz Karl Franchy|de}} (novel)|Renato Castellani|Alessandro De Stefani|Mario Soldati|Franz Tanzler|Augusto Genina}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Lilian Harvey|Vittorio De Sica|Otto Treßler|Hilde von Stolz}}
| music = Alessandro Cicognini
| cinematography = Günther Anders
Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
| editing = Waldemar Gaede
Fernando Tropea
| studio = Astra Film
| distributor = Generalcine (Italy)
UFA (Germany)
| released = {{Film date|1939|03|19|df=yes}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Castles in the Air (Italian: Castelli in aria) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Lilian Harvey, Vittorio De Sica and Otto Treßler.Moliterno p.80 It was made at Cinecittà in Rome, as part of a co-production with Germany. A separate German-language version was also released. It is based on a novel by {{Interlanguage link|Franz Karl Franchy|de}}.
Synopsis
A wardrobe mistress at a Vienna theatre wins a competition, receiving as her prize a luxury tour round Italy. On the train she meets an impoverished young Italian who pretends to be a prince.
Partial cast
- Lilian Harvey as Annie Wagner detta 'Mimì'
- Vittorio De Sica as Riccardo Pietramola
- Otto Treßler as Forster
- Hilde von Stolz as La cantante
- Fritz Odemar as Walter
- Carla Sveva as La guardarobiera
- Umberto Sacripante as Il gondoliere
References
Bibliography
- Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0029977}}
{{Augusto Genina}}
Category:Italian black-and-white films
Category:1930s Italian-language films
Category:Films directed by Augusto Genina
Category:Films based on Austrian novels
Category:Italian multilingual films
Category:Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
Category:1939 multilingual films
Category:Films scored by Alessandro Cicognini
Category:Italian-language comedy films
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