Unjustified Absence

{{short description|1939 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Unjustified Absence

| image = Unjustified Absence.jpg

| caption =

| director = Max Neufeld

| producer = Giuseppe Amato

| writer = {{ubl|István Békeffy (play)|Amedeo Castellazzi|Aldo De Benedetti|Carlo Della Posta|Max Neufeld}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Alida Valli|Amedeo Nazzari|Lilia Silvi|Paolo Stoppa}}

| music = Cesare A. Bixio

| cinematography = Václav Vích

| editing = Maria Rosada

| studio = Era Film

| distributor = Minerva Film

| released = {{Film date|1939|11|15|df=yes}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Unjustified Absence (Italian: Assenza ingiustificata) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari and Lilia Silvi. A girl leaves school to marry a doctor, but becomes annoyed by his constant absences and decides to secretly resume her studies.Gundle p.226

It was shot at Cinecittà Studios with sets designed by the art director Gastone Medin.