Teresa Venerdì

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Teresa Venerdì

Film poster
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Produced by Franco Magli
Written by Ferruccio Biancini
Starring Vittorio De Sica
Vera Bergman
Carla Del Poggio
Irasema Dilián
Music by Nuccio Fiorda
Cinematography Mario Albertelli
Editing by Mario Bonotti
Distributed by Artisti Associati
Release date(s) 1941
Running time 79 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian
IMDb profile

Teresa Venerdì is a 1941 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica.

[edit] Plot summary

A film is a comedy of errors in which the sweetly incompetent Dr. Pietro Vignali (Vittorio De Sica) has been run deep into debt by his girlfriend, Loletto Prima (Magnani). After his creditors threaten to sell his belongings, he takes a job as an orphanage health inspector to pay his debts and ends up engaged to wealthy Lilli, daughter of a mattress tycoon, and chased after by the orphan Teresa Venerdi, while trying to keep his life in order.

[edit] Cast

  • Vittorio De Sica ... Il dottore Pietro Vignali
  • Adriana Benetti ... Teresa Venerdì
  • Irasema Dilián ... Lilli Passalacqua (as Irasema Dilian)
  • Guglielmo Barnabò ... Agostino Passalacqua
  • Olga Vittoria Gentilli ... Rosa Passalacqua
  • Anna Magnani ... Maddalena Tentini/Loretta Prima
  • Elvira Betrone ... La direttrice dell'orfanotrofio
  • Giuditta Rissone ... L'istutrice Anna
  • Virgilio Riento ... Antonio
  • Annibale Betrone ... Umberto Vignali
  • Nico Pepe ... Il dottore Pasquale Grosso
  • Clara Auteri Pepe ... Giuseppina
  • Zaira La Fratta ... Alice
  • Alessandra Adari ... L'istutrice Caterina
  • Lina Marengo ... La maestra Ricci

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