Two Million for a Smile | |
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Cinematography | Mario Albertelli |
Edited by | Mario Bonotti |
Music by | Felice Montagnini |
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Distributed by | Lux Film |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Two Million for a Smile (Italian: Due milioni per un sorriso) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and Mario Soldati and starring Enrico Viarisio, Giuseppe Porelli and Elsa De Giorgi. [1]
It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gino Brosio.
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