Count Max (1957 film)
Count Max (Italian:Il conte Max) is a 1957 Italian-Spanish comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi and starring Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica and Anne Vernon.[1] It is a remake of the 1937 film Il signor Max in which De Sica had played the title role. This film was itself remade in 1991.
| Count Max | |
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| Directed by | Giorgio Bianchi |
| Produced by | Alfonso Balcázar Roberto Capitani Luigi Mondello |
| Written by | Giorgio Bianchi Mario Camerini Ruggero Maccari Amleto Palermi Ettore Scola Mario Soldati Rodolfo Sonego Alberto Sordi Luis Trías de Bes |
| Starring | Alberto Sordi Vittorio De Sica Anne Vernon |
| Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
| Cinematography | Mario Montuori |
| Edited by | Adriana Novelli |
Production company | Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas |
| Distributed by | Filmax (Spain) |
Release date | 6 November 1957 |
Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Italy Spain |
| Language | Italian |
A newspaper vendor masquerades as a count, falling in with a baroness and her wealthy, aristocratic friends. He believes he is love with her, but comes to realize he has more in common with her maid.
The film's art direction was by Flavio Mogherini.
Cast
- Alberto Sordi as Alberto Boccetti
- Vittorio De Sica as Conte Max Orsini Varaldo
- Anne Vernon as Baroness Elena di Villombrosa
- Susana Canales as Lauretta Campo
- Tina Pica as La zia
- Juan Calvo as Lo zio Giovanni
- Jacinto San Emeterio as Don Juan de Figueroa
- Diletta D'Andrea as Pucci - sorella di Elena
- Mino Doro as Maj. Guido Amadori
- Piero Stucchi as Giovanni Sampieri - 'Meme'
- Antonella Florio as Patrizia
- Alberto Craig as Stefano
- Edy Biagetti as Gianluca
- Nani Colombo as Nené
- Edith Jost as La contessa
- Luigi Mondello
- Julio Riscal as Paolino
- Marco Tulli as Il sarto
References
- Lanzoni p.18
Bibliography
- Rémi Fournier Lanzoni.Comedy Italian style: the golden age of Italian film comedies. Continuum, 2008.
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