The Ancestor

The Ancestor (Italian: L'antenato) is a 1936 Italian comedy film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Antonio Gandusio, Paola Barbara and Mercedes Brignone. It is an adaptation of a play by Carlo Veneziani, and was made at the Palatino Studios in Rome.

Cast

• Antonio Gandusio as barone di Montespanto
• Paola Barbara as Germana
• Mercedes Brignone as signora Leuci
• Aldo Silvani as Ascanio
• Olivia Fried as Vannetta
• Minna Rubino Rossini as Fanny
• Maurizio D'Ancora as Guiscardo di Montespanto
• Guglielmo Barnabò as Bergandi
• Claudio Ermelli as Samuele
• Vittorio Simbolotti as Egido
• Dina Romano
• Alessandra Varna
• Rocco D'Assunta
• Giovanni Conforti

References

Bibliography

• Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

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