Boccaccio (1940 film)

1940 film

Boccaccio

Directed by| Marcello Albani
Written by| Maria Basaglia
Luigi Bonelli
Max Calandri
Michele Galdieri
Filippo Masoero
Marcello Albani
Camillo Walzel (libretto)
Richard Genée (libretto)
Produced by| Ettore Presutti
Starring| Clara Calamai
Osvaldo Valenti
Silvana Jachino
Luigi Almirante
Cinematography| Massimo Terzano
Edited by| Dolores Tamburini
Music by| Tarcisio Fusco

Production
company

Scalera Film

Distributed by| Scalera Film

Release date

* 22 September 1940 (1940-09-22)

Running time

| 80 minutes
Country| Italy
Language| Italian

Boccaccio is a 1940 Italian operetta film directed by Marcello Albani and starring Clara Calamai, Osvaldo Valenti and Silvana Jachino. It is based on the 1879 operetta Boccaccio by Franz von Suppé.[1] It was made at the Scalera Studios in Rome.

## Cast

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* Clara Calamai as Giannina, falso Boccaccio
* Osvaldo Valenti as Berto
* Silvana Jachino as Fiammetta
* Luigi Almirante as Maestro Scalza
* Osvaldo Genazzani as Il principe di Parnormo
* Virgilio Riento as Il bottaro
* Anita Farra as Beatrice
* Bice Parisi as Peronella
* Nera Novella as Isabella
* Raffaele di Napoli as Il duca di Calabria
* Rudi Dal Pra as Leonetto
* Amilcare Pettinelli as Il Siniscalco
* Daniella Drei as Una ancella
* Gino Bianchi as Lambertuccio
* Dino De Laurentiis as Uno degli studenti con la penna

## References

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1. ^ Goble p.693

## Bibliography

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* Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

## External links

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* Boccaccio at IMDb

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