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

References

Bibliography

  • Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.