Unjustified Absence

Unjustified Absence
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Directed by	Max Neufeld
Written by	István Békeffy (play) Amedeo Castellazzi Aldo De Benedetti Carlo Della Posta Max Neufeld
Produced by	Giuseppe Amato
Starring	Alida Valli Amedeo Nazzari Lilia Silvi Paolo Stoppa
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Edited by	Maria Rosada
Music by	Cesare A. Bixio
Production company	Era Film
Distributed by	Minerva Film
Release date	15 November 1939 (1939-11-15)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Unjustified Absence (Italian: Assenza ingiustificata) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari and Lilia Silvi. A girl leaves school to marry a doctor, but becomes annoyed by his constant absences and decides to secretly resume her studies. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios with sets designed by the art director Gastone Medin.

Cast

• Alida Valli as Vera Fabbri
• Amedeo Nazzari as Doctor Carlo Cristiani
• Lilia Silvi as Luisa Albertini
• Paolo Stoppa as Eugenio Sinibaldi
• Guglielmo Barnabò as Mr. Fabbri
• Lia Orlandini as Mrs. Fabbri
• Lauro Gazzolo as the dean
• Olga Solbelli as the "bad" professor
• Giacomo Moschini as the "good" professor
• Pina Gallini as a teacher
• Giana Cellini as a nurse
• Bianca Della Corte as a schoolmate of Vera's
• Daniella Drei as a schoolmate of Vera's
• Liliana Vismara as a schoolmate of Vera's
• Armandina Bianchi as a schoolmate of Vera's
• Maria-Pia Vivaldi as a schoolmate of Vera's
• Nella Morganti as a schoolmate of Vera's
• Luisa Papa as a schoolmate of Vera's

Bibliography

• Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• Unjustified Absence at IMDb