Figaro and His Great Day
{{short description|1931 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Figaro e la Sua Gran Giornata
| image =File:Figaro and His Great Day.jpg
| caption =
| director = Mario Camerini
| producer =
| writer = Arnaldo Fraccaroli (play)
Tomaso Smith
| starring = Gianfranco Giachetti
Leda Gloria
Ugo Ceseri
| music = Felice Lattuada
| cinematography = Massimo Terzano
| editing = Giuseppe Fatigati
| studio = Società Italiana Cines
| distributor = Societa Anonima Stefano Pittaluga
| released = {{Film date|1931|11}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Figaro e la sua gran giornata (in English, Figaro and his Great Day) is a 1931 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Gianfranco Giachetti, Leda Gloria and Ugo Ceseri.Celli & Cottino-Jones p.192
It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gastone Medin and Ivo Perilli.
Synopsis
In a small town in the Veneto region, an attempt to stage Rossini's The Barber of Seville is threatened when the prima donna loses her voice. An attempt is made to replace her with a singing student, but both her father and boyfriend object.
Cast
- Gianfranco Giachetti as Piero Basoto
- Leda Gloria as Nina
- Ugo Ceseri as Rantoloni, l'impresario
- Maurizio D'Ancora as Asdrubale Chiodini
- Umberto Sacripante as Gedeone, il portaceste
- Olga Capri as Caterina, la fantesca
- Gemma Schirato as Costanza Basoto
- Augusto Bandini as Il maestro Salsuga
- Umberto Cocchi as Felicetti, il farmacista
- Giuseppe Gambardella as Gargaturi, il basso
- Achille Majeroni as Il padre di Nina
- Alfredo Martinelli as Sivoloni, il basso
- Angelo Parigi as Il tenore Pancrazi
- Carlo Ranieri as Un membro del circolo
- Raimondo Van Riel as Un delegato di polizia
- Gino Viotti as Il sindaco
References
Bibliography
- Carlo Celli & Margo Cottino-Jones. [https://books.google.com/books?id=F7WHDAAAQBAJ& A New Guide to Italian Cinema]. Springer, 2007.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0021860}}
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Category:Italian historical comedy films
Category:Italian black-and-white films
Category:1930s historical comedy films
Category:1930s Italian-language films
Category:Films directed by Mario Camerini
Category:Films set in the 19th century
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