The Little Schoolmistress (1934 film)

The Little Schoolmistress
Directed by	Guido Brignone
Written by	Guido Brignone
Based on	The Little Teacher by Dario Niccodemi
Produced by	Giuseppe Amato
Starring	Andreina Pagnani Renato Cialente Egisto Olivieri
Cinematography	Ubaldo Arata
Edited by	Giacinto Solito
Music by	Armando Fragna
Production company	Gai
Distributed by	Società Anonima Stefano Pittaluga
Release date	17 April 1934 (1934-04-17)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Little Schoolmistress (Italian: La maestrina) is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Andreina Pagnani, Renato Cialente and Egisto Olivieri. It was based on a play of the same title by Dario Niccodemi which was again adapted into a 1942 film. It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. Brignone's sister Mercedes Brignone had starred in a 1919 silent film version of the story directed by Eleuterio Rodolfi.

Synopsis

In a village in rural Tuscany at the turn of the twentieth century the young schoolmistress is wrongly suspected by gossips of conducting a secret romantic affair.

Cast

• Andreina Pagnani as Maria Bini, la maestrina
• Renato Cialente as Il podestà
• Egisto Olivieri as Il commissario
• Enzo Gainotti as Il bidello
• Jone Frigerio as La direttrice
• Mario Ferrari as Giacomo Macchia
• Cesare Zoppetti as Il medico
• Gina Grappasonni as Una collega di Maria

Bibliography

• Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944. Gremese Editore, 2005.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• The Little Schoolmistress at IMDb