It's Love That's Ruining Me
{{short description|1951 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name =It's Love That's Ruining Me
| image = È l'amor che mi rovina.JPG
| caption =
| director = Mario Soldati
| producer = Niccolò Theodoli
| writer = Enrico Blasi
Mario Monicelli
Steno
Bernardino Zapponi
| narrator =
| starring = Walter Chiari
Lucia Bosè
Aroldo Tieri
| music = Mario Nascimbene
| cinematography = Mario Montuori
| editing = Roberto Cinquini
| studio = Industrie Cinematografiche Sociali
| distributor = Industrie Cinematografiche Sociali
| released = {{Film date|1951|09|08|df=yes}}
| runtime = 101 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| budget =
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It's Love That's Ruining Me (Italian: È l'amor che mi rovina) is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Walter Chiari, Lucia Bosè and Aroldo Tieri.Aprà p.111
The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. Shooting took place in Turin and at the ski resort of Sestriere in the Alps. It earned around 137 million lira at the Italian box office.Chiti & Poppi p.137
Synopsis
Walter, a salesman in a sports shop who is far from sporty, falls in love with the ski instructor Clara. In order to try and woo her he follows Clara to a ski resort where he gets mixed up with network of foreign spies trying to smuggle a stolen explosive out of the country.
Cast
- Walter Chiari as Walter Palaccioni
- Lucia Bosé as Clara Montesi
- Aroldo Tieri as Carlo
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Capo delle spie
- Jackie Frost as Olga Voronowska
- Virgilio Riento as Proprietario Negozio
References
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Bibliography
- Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944. Electa International, 1979.
- Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id =|title =It's Love That's Ruining Me}}
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Category:1950s Italian-language films
Category:Films scored by Mario Nascimbene
Category:Italian black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Mario Soldati
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