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in campagna è caduta una stella (1939)

Original title: in campagna è caduta una stella
Production: Italy|86 min| black and white|
Comedy, Comic, Romantic
two farmer brothers are very different from each other: both one is sober and hardworking, so the other is spendthrift and womanizer. one day a beautiful american girl arrives in the country, who came to italy to marry a nobleman whom she saw only in photography. when he sees that the original does not meet his expectations, the disappointed girl flees and takes refuge with the two brothers. the presence of the foreign blonde puts the whole village in turmoil and a strong competition is born between the two brothers to conquer it, so much so that one of the two is about to send off their engagement with a girl from the village. everything, however, is unhappy with the arrival of the girl's relatives who take her away, while the brothers make peace and the harmony of always returns to the country.

Direction

Production and Screenplay

Riccardo FredaRiccardo Fredasceneggiatore
Ernesto Grassisceneggiatore
Peppino De filippoPeppino De filippoproduttore
Peppino De filippoPeppino De filipposceneggiatore
Eduardo De filippoEduardo De filipposceneggiatore

Characters and Interpreters

Luigino
Eduardo De Filippo
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Pasquale
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Margit, americana
fidanzata di Luigino
Oretta Fiume(età:20)
dolores palumbo
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Gina Amendola(età:43)
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Elena AltieriElena Altieri(età:23)
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Guido NotariGuido Notari(età:46)
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Gorella GoriGorella Gori(età:39)
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Cellio Bucchi(età:53)

Technical staff

Mario AlbertelliMario Albertellidirettore della fotografia
Raoul Magnifonico
Oscar Gaetadirettore di produzione
Guido Riccimontatore
Giovanni Brancaccioscenografo
Luigi Avitabilemusiche
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