The Little Schoolmistress (1934 film)

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The Little Schoolmistress
Directed by Guido Brignone
Written byGuido Brignone
Based onThe Little Teacher by Dario Niccodemi
Produced by Giuseppe Amato
Starring Andreina Pagnani
Renato Cialente
Egisto Olivieri
Cinematography Ubaldo Arata
Edited by Giacinto Solito
Music by Armando Fragna
Production
company
Gai
Distributed by Società Anonima Stefano Pittaluga
Release date
  • 17 April 1934 (1934-04-17)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

The Little Schoolmistress (Italian: La maestrina) is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Andreina Pagnani, Renato Cialente and Egisto Olivieri. It was based on a play of the same title by Dario Niccodemi which was again adapted into a 1942 film. [1] It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Brignone's sister Mercedes Brignone had starred in a 1919 silent film version of the story directed by Eleuterio Rodolfi.

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Synopsis

In a village in rural Tuscany at the turn of the twentieth century the young schoolmistress is wrongly suspected by gossips of conducting a secret romantic affair.

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  1. Goble p.344
  2. Chiti & Poppi p.205

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