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eravamo sette sorelle (1937)

Original title: eravamo sette sorelle
Production: Italy|97 min| black and white|
Comedy, Romantic
in the villa of an elderly count, in the past a great womanizer, who lives with his son, severe and too devoted to his activity as an entomologist, comes a group of seven dancers without writing and without apparent means of support. the trouble is that at the count the seven girls, one after the other, present themselves as his natural daughters, and all with a documented letter that proves their identity. the noble, after a brief check of the papers, unwillingly welcomes the seven girls and even the son, although he suspects deception, gets used to the company of the alleged sisters. in the end everything is clarified and, while the count is no longer able to renounce this numerous sonship, the young offspring marries the dark creator of the hoax.

Direction

Mario MattoliMario Mattoliregista
ManGabriele Varrialeaiuto regista

Production and Screenplay

ManNunzio Malasommasceneggiatore
Aldo De benedettiAldo De benedettisceneggiatore

Characters and Interpreters

conte Leone Varani
Leonardo Varani
Nino BesozziNino Besozzi(età:36)
Antonio, maggiordomo
Sergio TofanoSergio Tofano(età:51)
Amalia, madre per finzione
Pina RenziPina Renzi(età:36)
Lisa
Paola BarbaraPaola Barbara(età:25)
Eleonora
Marcella
Tina
Elena AltieriElena Altieri(età:21)
barone Franzetti
segretario dell'impresario
cavalier Facchinetti, impresario
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Greta GondaGreta Gonda(età:20)
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ManWalter Grant(età:62)
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Lilia Dale(età:18)
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Technical staff

ManUmberto Mancinidirettore musicale
ManPiero Filipponescenografo
ManGabriele Varrialemontatore
ManCarlo Benettidirettore di produzione
ManArturo Galleadirettore della fotografia
Ettore Fornifonico
Fulvio Jacchiascenografo
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