Il signor Max

84 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

Il Signor Max is a 1937 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Vittorio De Sica and Assia Noris.^[1]

Plot

Gianni is a poor, young newspaper salesman in Rome. However, during his vacations he poses as Count Max Varaldo, an aristocrat. Once, on a cruise in Naples, he meets Donna Paola, a wealthy snob, and her maid Lauretta (a common, shy girl). After trying to establish a relationship with Donna Paola, Gianni, disappointed, decides to drop his alter ego Max and propose to Lauretta. However, she now believes that he is a Count. A series of humorous misunderstandings will happen before things get cleared.

Cast

• Vittorio De Sica as Gianni/Max Varaldo
• Assia Noris as Lauretta
• Rubi Dalma as Donna Paola
• Umberto Melnati as Riccardo
• Lilia Dale as Pucci (billed as Adonella)
• Virgilio Riento as Pepe
• Mario Casaleggio as Uncle Pietro
• Caterina Collo as Aunt Lucia
• Ernesto Ghigi as Pierino
• Romolo Costa as Commandante Baldi
• Lilia Silvi as the orchard seller
• Giuseppe Pierozzi as a taxi driver
• Albino Principe as Bubi Bonci
• Clara Padoa as Jeanne, the athlete on the train
• Luciano Dorcoratto as the guide
• Desiderio Nobile as the major
• Armando Petroni as the pharmacist
• Edda Soligo as a girl at the ball
• Gianfranco Zanchi as the real Max Varaldo

References

Bibliography

• Aprà, Adriano (1979). The Fabulous Thirties: Italian Cinema 1929-1944. Electa International Publishing Group.

External links

• Il Signor Max at IMDb