The Hotel of the Absent

The Hotel of the Absent
Paola Barbara with Elio Steiner.
Directed by	Raffaello Matarazzo
Written by	Edoardo Anton Michelangelo Barricelli Raffaello Matarazzo
Based on	The Hotel of the Absent by Michelangelo Barricelli
Produced by	Arrigo Cava
Starring	Paola Barbara Carla Candiani Camillo Pilotto
Cinematography	Renato Del Frate
Edited by	Vincenzo Zampi
Music by	Umberto Mancini
Production company	Oceano Film
Distributed by	Artisti Associati
Release date	May 1939 (1939-05)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Hotel of the Absent (Italian: L'albergo degli assenti) is a 1939 Italian mystery thriller film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Paola Barbara, Carla Candiani and Camillo Pilotto.^[1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. It is also known as The Property of the Absent.

• Paola Barbara as Renata
• Carla Candiani as Muriel Winnfield
• Camillo Pilotto as Laplace, il capo dei malviventi
• Maurizio D'Ancora as Il giovanetto galante
• Carlo Tamberlani as Marisol, l'ubriaco
• Dria Paola as La giovane innamorata
• Elio Steiner as Il giovane innamorato
• Franco Coop as Il commissario
• Guglielmo Barnabò as Il vice-commissario
• Pina Gallini as La prigioniera con gli occhiali
• Enzo Gainotti as Il capo cuoca
• Renato Chiantoni as Il signore distinto con il monoclo
• Dina Romano as Una cliente del "L'allegro forzatto"
• Eugenio Duse as Gervasio, il prigioniero folle
• Alfredo Martinelli as Il marito tradito

• Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944. Electa International, 1979.
• Curti, Roberto. Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History. McFarland, 2022.

• The Hotel of the Absent at IMDb

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