Maddalena, Zero for Conduct

Maddalena, Zero for Conduct (Italian: Maddalena... zero in condotta) is a 1940 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It is a remake of the Hungarian film Magda Expelled (1938).

Plot

A mysterious love letter arrives to Alfredo Hartman (Vittorio De Sica) in Vienna, and he goes to Rome to find who wrote it.

Cast

• Vittorio De Sica as Alfredo Hartman
• Vera Bergman as L'insegnante Elisa Malgari
• Carla Del Poggio as Maddalena Lenci
• Irasema Dilián as Eva Barta, la privatista (as Eva Dilian)
• Amelia Chellini as La direttrice
• Pina Renzi as La professoressa Varzi
• Paola Veneroni as L'allieva Varghetti, la spiona
• Dora Bini as L'allieva Caricati
• Enza Delbi as Un'allieva
• Roberto Villa as Stefano Armani
• Armando Migliari as Malesci, il professore di chimica
• Guglielmo Barnabò as Il signor Emilio Lenci
• Giuseppe Varni as Amilcare Bondani, il bidello
• Arturo Bragaglia as Sila, il professore di ginnastica

References

Bibliography

• Cardullo, Bert. Vittorio De Sica: Actor, Director, Auteur. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009.

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