The Actor Who Disappeared

Last updated

The Actor Who Disappeared
Attorescomparso gioi+donadi.jpg
Vivi Gioi and Giulio Donadio in the film
Directed by Luigi Zampa
Written by Guglielmo Usellini
Luigi Zampa
Based onWas wird hier gespielt? by Theo Lingen
Produced by Raimondo Perretta
Starring Vivi Gioi
María Mercader
Giulio Donadio
Cinematography Domenico Scala
Edited byTullio Chiarini
Music by Salvatore Allegra
Production
company
Imperial Film
Distributed byIndustrie Cinematografiche Italiane
Release date
  • 2 June 1941 (1941-6-2)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Actor Who Disappeared (Italian : L'attore scomparso) is a 1941 Italian comedy mystery crime film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Vivi Gioi, María Mercader and Giulio Donadio. It is a remake of the German film Was wird hier gespielt? (1940) based on the eponymous play by Theo Lingen. [1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Pinzauti.

Contents

Synopsis

A young actor, frustrated by the negligible roles he keeps being cast in, plans a hoax. The play he is appearing in, involves his character being shot dead while hiding in a cupboard by an outraged husband. However, when the door is opened he has completely vanished forcing the management to return the audience's money. However, one of the spectators, a police officer had received an anonymous letter claiming that a murder was to take place at that theatre that night and begins an investigation.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "L'attore scomparso". MyMovies. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

Bibliography


Italy film clapperboard.svg

This article related to an Italian film of the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.