Castles in the Air (1939 film)

Castles in the Air
Directed by	Augusto Genina
Written by	Franz Karl Franchy (novel) Renato Castellani Alessandro De Stefani Mario Soldati Franz Tanzler Augusto Genina
Produced by	C.O. Barbieri
Starring	Lilian Harvey Vittorio De Sica Otto Treßler Hilde von Stolz
Cinematography	Günther Anders Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Waldemar Gaede Fernando Tropea
Music by	Alessandro Cicognini
Production company	Astra Film
Distributed by	Generalcine (Italy) UFA (Germany)
Release date	19 March 1939
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Castles in the Air (Italian: Castelli in aria) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Lilian Harvey, Vittorio De Sica and Otto Treßler. It was made at Cinecittà in Rome, as part of a co-production with Germany. A separate German-language version was also released. It is based on a novel by Franz Karl Franchy.

Synopsis

A wardrobe mistress at a Vienna theatre wins a competition, receiving as her prize a luxury tour round Italy. On the train she meets an impoverished young Italian who pretends to be a prince.

Partial cast

• Lilian Harvey as Annie Wagner detta 'Mimì'
• Vittorio De Sica as Riccardo Pietramola
• Otto Treßler as Forster
• Hilde von Stolz as La cantante
• Fritz Odemar as Walter
• Carla Sveva as La guardarobiera
• Umberto Sacripante as Il gondoliere

Bibliography

• Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Castles in the Air at IMDb