Department Store (1939 film)

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Department Store
I grandi magazzini.jpg
Directed by Mario Camerini
Written byMario Camerini
Renato Castellani
Mario Pannunzio
Ivo Perilli
Produced by Giuseppe Amato
Cinematography Anchise Brizzi
Edited by Giovanna Del Bosco
Mario Camerini
Music by Alessandro Cicognini
Giovanni D'Anzi
Cesare A. Bixio
Production
companies
Amato Film
Era Film
Distributed byGeneralcine
Release date
  • 10 August 1939 (1939-08-10)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Department Store (Italian:I grandi magazzini) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini. [1]

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It was made at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. The film entered the competition at the 7th Venice International Film Festival. [2]

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References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876055487.
  2. Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN   8877422211.