I, His Father (1939)
An ex-boxer has trained his own son and leads him on to win the middle-weight championship of Italy. But the boy falls easy prey to a woman of light morals and renounces the hard work of sport to follow her to a winter luxury resort and at a certain moment, offers to marry her but she, not wanting to give up an advantageous connection, turns him down, advising the youth to not change the nature of their relationship. Then, the boy feeling the entire baseness of his situation, returns home to his parents who welcome him back with joy and takes up again a commitment to sport.
Director: Mario Bonnard
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Erminio Spalla as Romolo Tonelli |
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Augusto Lanza as Masetto Tonelli |
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Evi Maltagliati as Eva |
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Mariella Lotti as Anna |
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Clara Calamai as Renata |
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Carlo Romano as Giorgio |
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Guido Notari as Roberto |
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Piero Pastore as Sandro |
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Vittorio Venturi as Radesio |
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Lauro Gazzolo as Sardella |
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Aristide Garbini as Luigi |
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Gemma Bolognesi as Giulia |
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Margherita Bagni as Amalia, mamma di Masetto |
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Gildo Bocci as Spettatore |
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Alfredo Varelli as Avventore al bar della piscina |
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Gianni Agus as Amico e tifoso di Masetto |
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Virgilio Riento as Il cavaliere |
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Enrico Urbinati as |
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Aleardo Ward as |
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Otello Toso as Amico e tifoso di Masetto |
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Dina Sassoli as |
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Giulio Battiferri as Allenatore di Radesio |
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Ernesto Gentili as |
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Fedele Gentile as |
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Liliana Vismara as |
| Camera | Otello Martelli | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gabriele Varriale | Editor |
| Sound | Giulio Bonnard | Music |
| Art | Ottavio Scotti | Production Design |
| Writing | Mario Bonnard | Writer |
| Writing | Amedeo Castellazzi | Writer |
| Directing | Mario Bonnard | Director |
| Writing | Ivo Perilli | Writer |
| Writing | Alba De Céspedes | Novel |