Un giorno in pretura

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A Day in Court
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Film poster
Directed by Steno
Produced by Gianni Hecht Lucari
Written by Sandro Continenza
Lucio Fulci
Steno
Starring Peppino De Filippo, Silvana Pampanini, Alberto Sordi
Music by Armando Trovajoli
Cinematography Marco Scarpelli
Edited byGiuliana Attenni
Release date
  • 1954 (1954)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Un giorno in pretura (A Day in Court) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Steno and starring Peppino De Filippo, Silvana Pampanini, and Alberto Sordi. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. [1]

A comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement and most often work by exaggerating characteristics for humorous effect. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending. One of the oldest genres in film – and derived from the classical comedy in theatre –, some of the very first silent movies were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue.

Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Two of his films, Un giorno in pretura (1954) and Febbre da cavallo (1976), were shown in a retrospective section on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.

Peppino De Filippo Italian actor

Peppino De Filippo was an Italian actor.

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Plot

An Italian court in Rome during the Fifties. All kinds of illegalities are brought to trial in front of Judge Lo Russo, well known for his inflexibility and severity in the administration of justice. Slowly he begins however to sympathize with the accused.

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Sophia Loren Italian actress

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Alberto Sordi Italian actor, film director, voice actor, screenwriter and singer

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Ciociaria

Ciociaria is an area of Central Italy roughly corresponding to the province of Frosinone, Lazio, but without a defined border nor historical identity. The name was adopted by a fascist movement of Frosinone as an ethnic denomination for the province of Frosinone, when it was created in 1927. In the Middle Ages, this region was referred to as Campagna. The local dialect, now known as ciociaro, was earlier referred to as campanino. In more recent times, the term Campagna Romana, or Roman Campagna, a favorite subject of countless painters from all over Europe, has referred to the adjoining region to the north of Ciociaria, but part of the Province of Rome.

Cast

Silvana Pampanini Italian actress

Silvana Pampanini was an Italian film actress, director and singer. She caused sensation when she took part in the 1946 Miss Italy contest and the following year she started her movie career. Her original plans to be an opera singer never materialized.

Leopoldo Trieste Italian actor, screenwriter, film director and playwrighter

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Walter Chiari Italian actor

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References

  1. ↑ "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
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