Defendant, Stand Up!

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Defendant, Stand Up!
Imputato Alzatevi - 1939 movie poster.jpg
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by Mario Mattoli
Written by Anacleto Francini
Vittorio Metz
Giovannino Guareschi
Marcello Marchesi
Stefano Vanzina
Mario Mattoli
Produced byEugenio Fontana
Starring Erminio Macario
Ernesto Almirante
Greta Gonda
Cinematography Arturo Gallea
Edited by Fernando Tropea
Music by Vittorio Mascheroni
Luigi Spaggiari
Production
company
Alfa Cinematografica
Distributed byConsorzio Italiano Noleggiatori Filmi
Release date
  • 13 October 1939 (1939-10-13)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Defendant, Stand Up! (Italian: Imputato, alzatevi!) is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Erminio Macario, Ernesto Almirante and Greta Gonda. [1] It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. [2]

Contents

It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.

Plot

Italy, late 1930s. Cipriano, nurse and handyman in the pediatric clinic of a doctor his foster brother, is wrongly accused of having committed a murder. The process, however, proves his innocence, and Cipriano become so popular as to obtain a theatrical writing for a show that tells the true story of the murder. But the culprit is still there.

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References

  1. Laura p.10
  2. "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.

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