Defendant, Stand Up!

{{short description|1939 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Defendant, Stand Up!

| image = Imputato Alzatevi - 1939 movie poster.jpg

| caption = Italian theatrical release poster

| director = Mario Mattoli

| producer = Eugenio Fontana

| writer = Anacleto Francini
Vittorio Metz
Giovannino Guareschi
Marcello Marchesi
Stefano Vanzina
Mario Mattoli

| starring = Erminio Macario
Ernesto Almirante
Greta Gonda

| music = Vittorio Mascheroni
Luigi Spaggiari

| cinematography = Arturo Gallea

| editing = Fernando Tropea

| studio = Alfa Cinematografica

| distributor = Consorzio Italiano Noleggiatori Filmi

| released = {{Film date|1939|10|13|df=y}}

| runtime = 82 minutes

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

}}

Defendant, Stand Up! (Italian: Imputato, alzatevi!) is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Erminio Macario, Ernesto Almirante and Greta Gonda.Laura p.10 It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/1937-1988/ |title=Italian Comedy - The State of Things |access-date=1 August 2010 |work=labiennale.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801004911/http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/1937-1988/ |archive-date=1 August 2010 }}

It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.

Plot

Italy, late 1930s. Cipriano, nurse and handyman in the pediatric clinic of a doctor his foster brother, is wrongly accused of having committed a murder. The process, however, proves his innocence, and Cipriano become so popular as to obtain a theatrical writing for a show that tells the true story of the murder. But the culprit is still there.

Cast

References

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Bibliography

  • Ernesto G. Laura. Comedy Italian Style. A.N.I.C.A., 1981.