The Hotel of the Absent

1939 film

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.

## Cast

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* 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

## References

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1. ^ Curti p.30

## Bibliography

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* 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.

## External links

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* The Hotel of the Absent at IMDb

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Films directed by Raffaello Matarazzo

* The Adventuress from the Floor Above
* The Anonymous Roylott
* Il birichino di papà
* The Carnival Is Here Again
* Cerasella
* Chains
* Guai ai vinti
* The Intruder
* It Was I!
* Joe the Red
* Lieutenant Giorgio
* Love Trap
* Lucky Night
* The Marquis of Ruvolito
* Melancholic Autumn
* Nobody's Children
* The Opium Den
* Paolo e Francesca
* Rice Girl
* Schiava del peccato
* The Ship of Condemned Women
* The Hotel of the Absent
* Torment
* Torna!
* Tourist Train
* Verdi, the King of Melody
* Vortice
* Wedding Day
* The White Angel
* Who Is Without Sin

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