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due milioni per un sorriso (1939)

Original title: due milioni per un sorriso
Production: Italy|75 min| black and white|
Comedy, Romantic
an italian industrialist who made his fortune in america, seized by nostalgia, liquidates everything and returns to italy. here he is persuaded to finance a film that recalls his past and his youthful love, since he can't find the woman he once loved. during the research to find the protagonist of the film, the director falls in love with a typist and makes her debut in the film. when the shooting was over, the industrialist who was a producer, satisfied with his work, decided to go back to america after a conspicuous donation to the two boyfriends.

Direction

Carlo Borghesioregista
Mario SoldatiMario Soldatiregista

Production and Screenplay

Carlo Borghesiosceneggiatore
Renato CastellaniRenato Castellanisceneggiatore
Mario SoldatiMario Soldatisceneggiatore

Characters and Interpreters

Giacomo Perotti / Martino Bo
Maria
Piera
Spinelli, segretario
Lisetta
Sandra RavelSandra Ravel(età:29)
elettricista / capocameriere
barista
Romolo CostaRomolo Costa(età:42)
guardarobiera
Pina RenziPina Renzi(età:38)
ufficiale giudiziario
Lauro GazzoloLauro Gazzolo(età:39)
banchista / regista
cuoco / truccatore
capotreno
Vasco CretiVasco Creti(età:65)
autista del furgoncino
Carlo Bressan(età:27)
raimondo van riel
 ...
padrona della copisteria
oste
 ...
primo cameriere / operatore
fanciulla dell'organino
rosanna schettina
emilia gentilini
walter grant
ManWalter Grant(età:64)
luigi cristiani
gianna caria
ornella vallalta
ruggero capodaglio
...

Technical staff

Raimondo VanrielRaimondo Vanrieltruccatore
ManMario Bonottimontatore
Mario AlbertelliMario Albertellidirettore della fotografia
ManGino Brosioscenografo
Valentino Brosiodirettore di produzione
Gino Franziscenografo
Umberto Torricostruzioni
ManGiuseppe La torreoperatore
Cesare A. BixioCesare A. Bixiomusiche

Voices and Dubbing