The Telephone Operator (1932 film)

The Telephone Operator
Pola in a film scene
Directed by	Nunzio Malasomma
Written by	Friedrich Dammann Herbert Rosenfeld (story) Aldo Vergano Raffaello Matarazzo Ernst Wolff
Starring	Isa Pola Mimì Aylmer Luigi Cimara Sergio Tofano
Cinematography	Anchise Brizzi
Edited by	Nunzio Malasomma
Music by	Otto Stransky
Production company	Società Italiana Cines
Distributed by	Cinès-Pittaluga
Release date	1932 (1932)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Telephone Operator (Italian: La telefonista) is a 1932 Italian comedy film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Isa Pola, Mimì Aylmer and Luigi Cimara. It was a remake of the German film Wrong Number, Miss , released the same year. ^[1]

The future star María Denis had a small role in the film.

Cast

• Isa Pola as Clara – the telephone operator
• Mimì Aylmer as Renée – the mannequin
• Luigi Cimara as the telephone director
• Sergio Tofano as Bàttigo – the tenor
• Giovanni Grasso as Gedeone
• Marcella Rovena as Bàttigo's wife

References

1. Mancini p. 66

Bibliography

• Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Mancini, Elaine. Struggles of the Italian film industry during fascism, 1930-1935. UMI Research Press, 1985.

External links

• The Telephone Operator at IMDb