Marionette
ComedyRomance
A famed tenor from the US, relaxing on a farm near Naples and singing in the fields, is mistaken by a lady journalist for an unknown talent she has discovered. He plays along and even falls in love with her.
Director
Carmine Gallone
Writers
Walter Forster, Otto Ernst Lubitz, Ernst Marischka
Stars
Beniamino Gigli, Carla Rust, Lucie Englisch
Release Date
January 26, 1939
Language
Italian
Country
Italy, Germany
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🎭 Top Cast
Beniamino Gigli
as Il tenore Mario Rossi
Carla Rust
as Gloria Bakermann
Lucie Englisch
as Nannina - la falsa contessa Veranuzzi
Paul Kemp
as Rico
Theo Lingen
as Luigi
Richard Romanowsky
as Il maestro Galli
Romolo Costa
as Frank Davis
Guglielmo Barnabò
as Un contadino
Nicola Maldacea
as Uno stalliere
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Rio Nobile
as Bellini
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Production
Itala Film, Itala-Film
🏷️ Keywords
opera starhigh societycountry estaterural italytravelling show
🎯 Categories
ItalianComedyRomance
💡 Did You Know?
Film debut of Marcello Mastroianni.
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📖 Synopsis
A famed tenor from the US, relaxing on a farm near Naples and singing in the fields, is mistaken by a lady journalist for an unknown talent she has discovered. He plays along and even falls in love with her.