Lasciate ogni speranza

For the line from Divine Comedy, see Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate.

Lasciate ogni speranza
Directed by	Gennaro Righelli
Screenplay by	Riccardo Freda Camillo Mariani dell'Aguillara Edoardo Antonelli [1]
Based on	L'agonia di Schizzo by Athos Setti
Starring	Antonio Gandusio María Denis Rosina Anselmi
Cinematography	Carlo Montuori [1]
Music by	Cesare A. Bixio [1]
Production company	Juventus Film [1]
Distributed by	Juventus Film
Release date	October 1937 (1937-10)
Running time	84 minutes [1]
Country	Italy [1]

Lasciate ogni speranza (transl. Abandon all hope) is a 1937 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Antonio Gandusio, María Denis and Rosina Anselmi. ^[2]

Cast

• Antonio Gandusio as Pasquale Grifone
• María Denis as Gina Grifone
• Rosina Anselmi as Filomena Grifone
• Giorgio De Rege as Giovanni
• Guido De Rege as Arturo
• Elli Parvo as Gemma
• Maria Dominiani as Assunta
• Mario Siletti as Jack Hilton
• Angelo Bizzari
• Mario Colli
• Rocco D'Assunta
• Walter Grant
• Edwige Masing
• Giulio Mostocotto
• Luigi Pellegrini
• Edoardo Toniolo

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Production

Raffaele Colamonici hired Riccardo Freda as the screenwriter for the film, adapting the play L'agonia di Schizzo by Athos Setti. ^{[1] [3]} Freda would later dismiss the film and his other works of the era as "small comedies without any importance" ^[3] Freda stated he wrote the film with his friend Edoardo Antonelli. ^[3]

Release

Lasciate ogni speranza was released in October 1937. ^[1]

References

1. Curti 2017, p. 289.
2. Goble 1999, p. 417.
3. Curti 2017, p. 20.

Bibliography

• Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN   978-1476628387.
• Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter.

External links

• Lasciate ogni speranza at IMDb