Lasciate ogni speranza (transl. Abandon all hope) is a 1937 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Antonio Gandusio, María Denis and Rosina Anselmi.[2]
Cast
- Antonio Gandusio as Pasquale Grifone
- María Denis as Gina Grifone
- Rosina Anselmi as Filomena Grifone
- Giorgio De Rege as Giovanni
- Guido De Rege as Arturo
- Elli Parvo as Gemma
- Maria Dominiani as Assunta
- Mario Siletti as Jack Hilton
- Angelo Bizzari
- Mario Colli
- Rocco D'Assunta
- Walter Grant
- Edwige Masing
- Giulio Mostocotto
- Luigi Pellegrini
- Edoardo Toniolo
Production
Raffaele Colamonici hired Riccardo Freda as the screenwriter for the film, adapting the play L'agonia di Schizzo by Athos Setti.[1][3] Freda would later dismiss the film and his other works of the era as "small comedies without any importance"[3] Freda stated he wrote the film with his friend Edoardo Antonelli.[3]
Release
Lasciate ogni speranza was released in October 1937.[1]
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