Castles in the Air (1939 film)

Castles in the Air
Directed by Augusto Genina
Produced by C.O. Barbieri
Written by Franz Franchy (novel)
Renato Castellani
Alessandro De Stefani
Mario Soldati
Franz Tanzler
Augusto Genina
Starring Lilian Harvey
Vittorio De Sica
Otto Treßler
Hilde von Stolz
Music by Alessandro Cicognini
Cinematography Günther Anders
Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by Waldemar Gaede
Fernando Tropea
Production
company
Astra Film
Distributed by Generalcine (Italy)
UFA (Germany)
Release dates
19 March 1939
Running time
96 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

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 Treßler.[1] It was made at Cinecittà 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 Franz Franchy.

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

References

  1. Moliterno p.80

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