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Castles in the Air (1939 film)
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Augusto Genina
| producer = C.O. Barbieri
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| starring =
| music = Alessandro Cicognini
| cinematography = Gnther Anders
Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
| editing = Waldemar Gaede
Fernando Tropea
| studio = Astra Film
| distributor = Generalcine (Italy)
UFA (Germany)
| released = 19 March 1939
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
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'Castles in the Air' (Italian: 'Castelli in aria') is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Lilian Harvey, Vittorio De Sica and Otto Treler.Moliterno p.80 It was made at Cinecitt in Rome, as part of a co-production with Germany. A separate German-language version was also released. It is based on a novel by .
Synopsis
A wardrobe mistress at a Vienna theatre wins a competition, receiving as her prize a luxury tour round Italy. On the train she meets an impoverished young Italian who pretends to be a prince.
Partial cast
* Lilian Harvey as Annie Wagner detta 'Mim'
* Vittorio De Sica as Riccardo Pietramola
* Otto Treler as Forster
* Hilde von Stolz as La cantante
* Fritz Odemar as Walter
* Carla Sveva as La guardarobiera
* Umberto Sacripante as Il gondoliere
References
Bibliography
* Moliterno, Gino. 'The A to Z of Italian Cinema'. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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