Artefacts

Mille lire al mese

Artefact Type:

film

Description:
This typical 'white-telephone' comedy is set in Budapest, where an Italian engineer has moved with his girlfriend to work at a local TV channel. The comical effect is based on common farcical devices such as misunderstandings, person swaps, complications, and incidents.

Duration (mins):
80
Release Date:
1939
Director:
> Max Neufeld
Assistant Director:
> Luigi Zampa
Producer:
> Ettore Rosboch
Producer:
> Carlo Della Porta
Composer:
> Felice Montagnini
Composer:
> Carlo Innocenzi
Screenwriter:
> Gherardo Gherardi
Screenwriter:
> Oreste Biancoli
Scenic Designer:
> Ottavio Scotti
Actor:
> Raimondo Melnati (known as 'Umberto Melnati')
Actor:
> Alida Maria Altenburger von Markenstein und Frauenberg (known as 'Alida Valli')
Actor:
> Osvaldo Valenti
Actor:
> Renato Cialente
Production Company:
> ITALCINE ROM
Genre:
> Comedy

Tags: Urbanism Assent Consensus Escapism Internationalism Private sphere Collectivity International realism Internationalization Media manipulation Totalitarian realism Mass culture Popular culture Totalitarian consent Cultural system or apparatus

Themes:

White-Telephone