Biraghin
1946 film
- 1946 (1946)
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Biraghin is a 1946 Italian comedy film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Lilia Silvi, Andrea Checchi and Lauro Gazzolo.[1] It was based on a play of the same title by Arnaldo Fraccaroli.[2] It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin.
Synopsis
Biraghin an aspiring dancer is a student at the La Scala Theatre School. When a prominent performer falls ill Biraghin takes her place and becomes a huge success. Her newfound fame goes to her head as she is courted by three suitors. However she realises she truly loves a journalist who showed genuine interest in her when she was still an unknown.
Cast
- Lilia Silvi as Biraghin
- Andrea Checchi as Il Giornalista
- Paolo Stoppa as Osvaldo Lanza di Robbio
- Lauro Gazzolo as Padre di Biraghin
- Mario Pisu as Moreno
- Edda Albertini as Besana
- Maurizio D'Ancora as Paolo
- Aristide Baghetti as Maestro Grassi
- Guglielmo Barnabò as Commendator Viganò
- Tino Scotti as Amico di Biraghin
- Olinto Cristina as Direttore
- Ermanno Roveri
- Carla Rovere
- Elodia Maresca
- Giuseppe Varni
- Franca Tamantini
- Ria Teresa Legnani
- Mimi Dugini
References
Bibliography
- D'Amico, Masolino . La commedia all'italiana. Il cinema comico in Italia dal 1945 al 1975. Il Saggiatore, 2008.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- Biraghin at IMDb
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Films directed by Carmine Gallone
- Il bacio di Cirano (1913)
- The Naked Truth (1914)
- Senza colpa! (1915)
- Flower of Evil (1915)
- The Wedding March (1915)
- Sotto le tombe (1915)
- Avatar (1916)
- La falena (1916)
- Malombra (1917)
- The Thirteenth Man (1917)
- La storia di un peccato (1918)
- Redemption (1919)
- A Doll Wife (1919)
- The Sea of Naples (1919)
- On with the Motley (1920)
- The Faces of Love (1924)
- The Fiery Cavalcade (1925)
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1926)
- The City of a Thousand Delights (1927)
- Pawns of Passion (1928)
- Land Without Women (1929)
- Ship in Distress (1929)
- The Singing City (1930)
- City of Song (1931)
- My Cousin from Warsaw (1931)
- A Son from America (1932)
- Sailor's Song (1932)
- Going Gay (1933)
- My Heart Calls You (1934)
- Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934)
- My Heart Is Calling You (1934)
- My Heart is Calling (1935)
- Casta Diva (1935)
- If It Were Not for Music (1935)
- The Divine Spark (1935)
- Thank You, Madame (1936)
- Mother Song (1937)
- Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)
- Giuseppe Verdi (1938)
- Marionette (1939)
- The Dream of Butterfly (1939)
- Eternal Melodies (1940)
- Love Me, Alfredo! (1940)
- Manon Lescaut (1940)
- Beyond Love (1940)
- The Secret Lover (1941)
- First Love (1941)
- The Two Orphans (1942)
- The Queen of Navarre (1942)
- Odessa in Flames (1942)
- Harlem (1943)
- Sad Loves (1943)
- The Song of Life (1945)
- Biraghin (1946)
- Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946)
- The Lady of the Camellias (1947)
- The Legend of Faust (1949)
- The Force of Destiny (1950)
- Night Taxi (1950)
- Messalina (1951)
- We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952)
- Fatal Desire (1953)
- Puccini (1953)
- Madame Butterfly (1954)
- House of Ricordi (1954)
- Casta Diva (1954)
- Mata Hari's Daughter (1954)
- Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
- Michel Strogoff (1956)
- Tosca (1956)
- Carthage in Flames (1960)
- Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961)
- Carmen di Trastevere (1962)
- La monaca di Monza (1962)
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