In High Places (1943 film)

This article is about the 1945 Italian comedy film. For the biopic of George Mallory, see In High Places (2015 film).

In High Places
Adriana Benetti and Massimo Serato in a scene from the film
Directed by	Mario Soldati
Written by	Jean Anouilh (play) Mario Bonfantini Renato Castellani Steno Ercole Patti Mario Soldati
Starring	Adriana Benetti Massimo Serato Nerio Bernardi Enzo Biliotti
Cinematography	Otello Martelli Aldo Tonti
Edited by	Gisa Radicchi Levi
Music by	Giuseppe Rosati
Production company	ICI
Distributed by	ICI
Release date	1943 (1943)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

In High Places (Italian:Quartieri alti) is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Adriana Benetti, Massimo Serato and Nerio Bernardi. ^[1] It is based on a play by Jean Anouilh, Le Rendez-vous de Senlis, ^[2] but also on the novel of the same name (Quartieri alti) by Ercole Patti. ^{[3] [4]} The film portrays the rise into high society of an immoral young man. ^[5] It belongs to the movies of the calligrafismo style.

Cast

• Adriana Benetti as Isabella
• Massimo Serato as Giorgio Zanetti
• Nerio Bernardi as Emilio Buscaglione
• Enzo Biliotti as Febo Marcantoni
• Natalia Ray as Edmea
• Jucci Kellerman as Barbara
• Fanny Marchiò as Donna Lina Rigotti
• Maria Melato as Maria Letizia Bruneschi
• Gina Sammarco as La falsa madre di Giorgio
• Giulio Stival as Il falso padre di Giorgio
• Piero Pastore as Bottarini, il calciatore
• Giuseppe Pierozzi as Il tabaccaio gobbo
• Vittorio Sanipoli as Roberto
• Alfredo Del Pelo as Il chitarrista all1 taverna "Ulpia"
• Gilda Marchiò as L'affituaria della villa
• Marco Monari Rocca as Il conte Giandomenico

References

1. Brunetta p.99
2. Positif (in French). Nouvelles éditions Opta. 1999.
3. Marrone, Gaetana; Puppa, Paolo (2006-12-26). Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-135-45529-3.
4. Goble, Alan (2011-09-08). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   978-3-11-095194-3.
5. Landy p.83-84

Bibliography

• Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.
• Landy, Marcia. The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the Italian Cinema, 1930-1943. SUNY Press, 1998.

External links

• In High Places at IMDb