But It's Nothing Serious (Italian: Ma non è una cosa seria) is a 1936 Italian "white-telephones" romantic comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Vittorio De Sica, Elisa Cegani and Assia Noris.[1] It is based on a play by Luigi Pirandello. Two years later Camerini remade it as a German film The Man Who Couldn't Say No.
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Directed by | Mario Camerini |
Written by | Luigi Pirandello (play) Mario Soldati Ercole Patti Hans Rameau |
Starring | Vittorio De Sica Elisa Cegani Assia Noris |
Cinematography | Massimo Terzano |
Edited by | Ignazio Ferronetti Fernando Tropea |
Music by | Gian Luca Tocchi |
Production company | Colombo Film |
Distributed by | ENIC |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Land | Italien |
Sprache | Italian |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was shot at the studios of Caesar Film in Rome.
Cast
edit- Vittorio De Sica as Memmo Speranza
- Elisa Cegani as Gasperina
- Umberto Melnati as Vico Lamanna
- Assia Noris as Loletta Festa
- Elsa De Giorgi as Elsa
- Ugo Ceseri as Barranco
- Vivi Gioi as Matilde
- Giuseppe Pierozzi as Un pensionnaire
- Maria Arcione
- Celeste Calza
- Jole Capodaglio
- Antonio Centa
- Mario Ferrari
- Giuliana Gianni
- Zoe Incrocci
- Carola Lotti
- Dina Romano
- Lia Rosa
- Nietta Zocchi
See also
edit- But It Isn't Serious (1921)
References
edit- ^ Cardullo p.268
Bibliography
edit- Bert Cardullo. Screening the Stage: Studies in Cinedramatic Art. Peter Lang, 2006.
External links
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