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The Actor Who Disappeared

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The Actor Who Disappeared
Vivi Gioi and Giulio Donadio in the film
Directed byLuigi Zampa
Written byGuglielmo Usellini
Luigi Zampa
Based onWas wird hier gespielt? by Theo Lingen
Produced byRaimondo Perretta
StarringVivi Gioi
María Mercader
Giulio Donadio
CinematographyDomenico Scala
Edited byTullio Chiarini
Music bySalvatore Allegra
Production
company
Imperial Film
Distributed byIndustrie Cinematografiche Italiane
Release date
  • 2 June 1941 (1941-06-02)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Actor Who Disappeared (Italian: L'attore scomparso) is a 1941 Italian comedy mystery crime film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Vivi Gioi, María Mercader and Giulio Donadio. It is a remake of the German film Was wird hier gespielt? (1940) based on the eponymous play by Theo Lingen.[1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Pinzauti.

Synopsis

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A young actor, frustrated by the negligible roles he keeps being cast in, plans a hoax. The play he is appearing in, involves his character being shot dead while hiding in a cupboard by an outraged husband. However, when the door is opened he has completely vanished forcing the management to return the audience's money. However, one of the spectators, a police officer had received an anonymous letter claiming that a murder was to take place at that theatre that night and begins an investigation.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "L'attore scomparso". MyMovies. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

Bibliography

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  • Curti, Roberto. Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History. McFarland, 2022.
  • Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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