Be Seeing You, Father (Italian: Arrivederci, papà!) is a 1948 Italian period comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Gino Bechi, Mariella Lotti and Silvana Pampanini.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. The film was a breakthrough for Pampanini, who outshone the more established female star Lotti and rapidly gained appeal at the box office.[1]
| Be Seeing You, Father | |
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| Directed by | Camillo Mastrocinque |
| Written by | Marcello Marchesi Vittorio Metz Fulvio Palmieri |
| Produced by | Lorenzo Pegoraro |
| Starring | Gino Bechi Mariella Lotti Silvana Pampanini |
| Cinematography | Václav Vích |
| Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
Production company | Pegoraro Film |
| Distributed by | Paramount Italiana |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Synopsis
editThe film takes place in the nineteenth century. Two as yet unborn children are allowed to select their future parents. They choose the daughter of a general and a young opera singer, but attempts to bring them together are far from simple.
Cast
edit- Gino Bechi as Stevano Mai
- Mariella Lotti as Daniela Beauville
- Silvana Pampanini as Chornette
- Nino Besozzi as Tetriaca
- Nico Pepe as Il principe
- Guglielmo Barnabò as Generale Beauville
- Marcella Rovena as Zia Gertrude
- Galeazzo Benti as Il 'contino'
- Nerio Bernardi as Bernardine – il critico
- Amina Pirani Maggi as Nanna – la governante
- Augusto Di Giovanni as Il maggiordomo
- Guido Tomasini as Phanton
- Anna Maestri as La cameriera negra
References
editBibliography
edit- Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
- Gundle, Stephen. Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism. Berghahn Books, 2019.
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