The Countess of Parma

The Countess of Parma
Directed by	Alessandro Blasetti
Written by	Alessandro Blasetti Aldo De Benedetti Gherardo Gherardi Mario Soldati
Starring	Elisa Cegani Antonio Centa María Denis Umberto Melnati
Music by	Amedeo Escobar Giovanni Fusco
Cinematography	Otello Martelli Giovanni Vitrotti
Edited by	Ignazio Ferronetti Alessandro Blasetti
Production company	Industrie Cinematografiche Italiane
Distributed by	Artisti Associati
Release dates	1936
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Countess of Parma (Italian: La contessa di Parma) is a 1936 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Elisa Cegani, Antonio Centa and María Denis. Marcella, a mannequin working in a fashion store in Turin, falls in love with an Italian International football player whose aunt has just acquired the store intending to replace its reliance on French fashions with Italian designs.^[1]

Blasetti later described it as his only "white telephone film.^[2]

Cast

• Elisa Cegani as Marcella
• Antonio Centa as Gino Vanni
• María Denis as Adriana
• Umberto Melnati as Carrani
• Osvaldo Valenti as Duca di Fadda
• Nunzio Filogamo as Conte di Sebasta
• Ugo Ceseri as Marco
• Pina Gallini as Marta Rossi
• Marichetta Stoppa as Una Guardarobiera
• Giannina Chiantoni as La sarta della casa di mode
• Mario Lembo as Il tassista
• Pina Valli as Un'indossatrice
• Mirica Albis as Un'altra indossatrice

References

1. Paulicelli p.92-93
2. Moliterno p.41

Bibliography

• Liehm, Mira. Passion and Defiance: Film in Italy from 1942 to the Present. University of California Press, 1984.
• Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
• Paulicelli, Eugenia. Fashion Under Fascism: Beyond the Black Shirt. Berg, 2004.

External links

• The Countess of Parma at the Internet Movie Database