The Twentieth Duke (Italian: Il ventesimo duca) is a 1945 Italian comedy film directed by Lucio De Caro and starring Paola Veneroni, Roberto Villa and Paola Borboni.^[1] It was shot at the Cinecitta Studios in Rome. It was made in 1943, but its release was delayed for two years. It did not go on a full national release until early 1946. The film is based on a 1925 play by Ugo Falena which had previous been made into films on two occasions The Last Lord (1926) and The Woman Dressed As a Man (1932).

The story tells of the only surviving relative of an old Duke, his granddaughter, who pretends to be a man in order to convince him that the line of succession is secure.

• Paola Veneroni as Freddie
• Roberto Villa as Il principe Cristiano
• Paola Borboni as La principessa di Danimarca
• Domenico Viglione Borghese as Il vecchio duca di Bressy
• Giuseppe Porelli as Francesco, il domestico
• Lucciana Danieli as Alice
• Daisy Ammon
• Nelly Morgan
• Flora Torrigiani

• Roberto Chiti & Roberto Poppi. I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944. Gremese Editore, 2005.

• The Twentieth Duke at IMDb