The Happy Ghost
Directed byAmleto Palermi
Written byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Pier Luigi Faraldo
Ettore Maria Margadonna
Amleto Palermi
Pietro Solari
StarringTotò
Luigi Pavese
Franco Coop
CinematographyVincenzo Seratrice
Edited byGiacinto Solito
Music byDan Caslar
Production
companies
Fono Roma
Produzione Capitani Film
Distributed byENIC
Release date
16 March 1941
Running time
67 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Happy Ghost (Italian: L'allegro fantasma) is a 1941 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Totò, Luigi Pavese and Franco Coop.[1]

It was shot at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. The film's art direction was by Gastone Medin.

Plot

The noble Pantaleo Santa Paola dies suddenly, without writing a will. Immediately in the villa go his three grandchildren and three other relatives. All claim family assets, and at the end of the story reaches the poor Nicolino, who is also the nephew of Pantaleo. The Pantaleo ghost appears while the dispute rages and declares his true heir.

Cast

References

  1. Aprà p.103

Bibliography

  • Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944. Electa International, 1979.


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