Diamonds (1939 film)

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Diamonds
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Directed by Corrado D'Errico
Written by Ettore Maria Margadonna
Camillo Mariani Dell'Aguillara
Guglielmo Usellini
Based onA Bocca Nuda by Salvatore Gotta
Produced by Eugenio Fontana
Starring Doris Duranti
Lamberto Picasso
Laura Nucci
Cinematography Aldo Tonti
Edited by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli
Music by Costantino Ferri
Production
company
Alfa Film
Distributed byConsorzio Italiano Noleggiatori Filmi
Release date
  • 10 March 1939 (1939-03-10)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Diamonds (Italian: Diamanti) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Corrado D'Errico and starring Doris Duranti, Lamberto Picasso and Laura Nucci. [1]

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It was made at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by Salvo D'Angelo.

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  1. Lancia p.436

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