Backstage (1939 film)

Backstage (Italian: Retroscena) is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Filippo Romito, Elisa Cegani and Camillo Pilotto.[1] It is part of the tradition of White Telephone films, popular in Italy during the era.

Backstage
Directed byAlessandro Blasetti
Written byAlessandro Blasetti
Carlo Duse
Ettore Maria Margadonna
Pietro Germi
Giuseppe Zucca
StarringFilippo Romito
Elisa Cegani
Camillo Pilotto
Music byAlessandro Cicognini
CinematographyVáclav Vích
Edited byIgnazio Ferronetti
Production
company
Continentalcine
Distributed byENIC
Release date
1 November 1939
Running time
100 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was shot at Cinecittà in Rome and on location in Naples and Pisa.

Cast

References

  1. Gundle p.224

Bibliography

  • Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.


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