Alone at Last (Italian: Finalmente soli) is a 1942 Italian period comedy film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo, starring Enrico Viarisio, María Mercader and Maurizio D'Ancora.Hochkofler p.57-8De Giusti p.106 It featured a supporting role for the future star Anna Magnani.Whittaker & Wright p.158 It was shot at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Veniero Colasanti.
Synopsis The story takes place around the turn of the twentieth century. To secure an inheritance from his aunt, a young man has to pretend to be engaged. Complications ensue when his aunt demands to see his fiancée and he asks his friend to lend him his future bride to pull off the deception.
Cast Enrico Viarisio as Benedetto Bodengo María Mercader as Angela Maurizio D'Ancora as Giulio De Ritis Anna Magnani as Ninetta alias "Lulù" Virgilio Riento as Il cugino Michele Checco Rissone as Paolo Ernesto Almirante as Il professore Ippolito Mariani Jone Morino as La signora Mariani Adriana Sivieri as Lilli Nicolás D. Perchicot as Adalberto Velia Galvani as Zia Aurora Maria Dominiani as Lea Lia Corelli as Cesarina Pina Gallini as La portinaia
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Bibliography De Giusti, Luciano. Giacomo Gentilomo, cineasta popolare. Kaplan, 2008. Hochkofler, Matilde. Anna Magnani. Gremese Editore, 2001. Whittaker, Tom & Wright, Sarah (ed.) Locating the Voice in Film: Critical Approaches and Global Practices. Oxford University Press, 2017.
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