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White Amazons

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White Amazons
Directed byGennaro Righelli
Written by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byGiacomo Gentilomo
Music byAntonio D'Elia
Production
company
Arbor Film
Distributed byPiemonte Film
Release date
  • 1936 (1936)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

White Amazons (Italian: Amazzoni bianche) is a 1936 Italian white telephone comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Paola Barbara, Luisa Ferida and Doris Duranti. Screwball in style, it is part of the tradition of schoolgirl comedies of the Fascist era.[1]

Plot

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The film is set in a winter sports resort, where an all-female race with a prize of two hundred thousand lira for the winner provokes rivalry and confusions.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Reich p.170

Bibliography

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  • Reich, Jacqueline Beth. Fascism, Film, and Female Subjectivity: The Case of Italian Cinema 1936-1943. University of California, Berkeley, 1994.
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