Figaro e la sua gran giornata (in English, Figaro and his Great Day) is a 1931 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Gianfranco Giachetti, Leda Gloria and Ugo Ceseri.Celli & Cottino-Jones p.192
It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gastone Medin and Ivo Perilli.
Synopsis In a small town in the Veneto region, an attempt to stage Rossini's The Barber of Seville is threatened when the prima donna loses her voice. An attempt is made to replace her with a singing student, but both her father and boyfriend object.
Cast Gianfranco Giachetti as Piero Basoto Leda Gloria as Nina Ugo Ceseri as Rantoloni, l'impresario Maurizio D'Ancora as Asdrubale Chiodini Umberto Sacripante as Gedeone, il portaceste Olga Capri as Caterina, la fantesca Gemma Schirato as Costanza Basoto Augusto Bandini as Il maestro Salsuga Umberto Cocchi as Felicetti, il farmacista Giuseppe Gambardella as Gargaturi, il basso Achille Majeroni as Il padre di Nina Alfredo Martinelli as Sivoloni, il basso Angelo Parigi as Il tenore Pancrazi Carlo Ranieri as Un membro del circolo Raimondo Van Riel as Un delegato di polizia Gino Viotti as Il sindaco
References
Bibliography Carlo Celli & Margo Cottino-Jones. A New Guide to Italian Cinema. Springer, 2007.
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