Il signor Max

Il Signor Max
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mario Camerini
Written by	Amleto Palermi (story) Mario Camerini (screenplay)
Produced by	C.O. Barbieri
Starring	Vittorio De Sica
Cinematography	Anchise Brizzi
Edited by	Mario Camerini Giovanna Del Bosco
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Distributed by	Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche
Release dates	1937 (1937) (Italy) 5 October 1939 (1939-10-05) (U.S.)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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

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

Bibliography

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

External links

• Il Signor Max at IMDb