Maddalena, Zero for Conduct (1940)
A young woman teaches commercial writing and makes her students practice by writing letters addressed to an imaginary recipient from Vienna. One day, the love letter the woman writes to this non-existent man is accidentally sent by one of her students –and falls into the hands of a real person.
Director:
Vittorio De Sica
Writer:
Ferruccio Biancini
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Vittorio De Sica as Alfredo Hartman |
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Vera Bergman as Elisa Malgari |
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Carla Del Poggio as Maddalena |
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Irasema Dilián as Eva |
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Pina Renzi as Prof.ssa Varzi |
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Arturo Bragaglia as Prof. Sila |
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Guglielmo Barnabò as Padre di Maddalena |
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Amelia Chellini as La direttrice |
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Paola Veneroni as L'allieva Varghetti, la spiona |
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Dora Bini as L'allieva Caricati |
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Enza Delbi as Un' allieva |
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Roberto Villa as Stefano Armani |
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Armando Migliari as Malesci, il professore di chimica |
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Giuseppe Varni as Amilcare Bondani, il bidello |
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Pia Attanasio Fioretti as La signora Lenci |
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Gina Cinquini as La signora Bondani |
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Irma Corelli as L'allieva Silvestri |
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Alda Grimaldi as Un' allieva |
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Lina Marengo as La professoressa di geografica |
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Livia Minelli as La cameriera di casa Lenci |
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Mimí Muñoz as La madre di Elisa |
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Vera Ruberti as Un' allieva |
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Titti Speri as Un' allieva |
| Directing | Vittorio De Sica | Director |
| Writing | László Kádár | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Miklós Kádár | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Mario Albertelli | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mario Bonotti | Editor |
| Art | Gastone Medin | Production Design |
| Production | Giorgio Genesi | Production Manager |
| Writing | Ferruccio Biancini | Screenplay |
| Sound | Nuccio Fiorda | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Emilio Rosa | Sound |
| Directing | Maria Stephan | First Assistant Director |