Songs of Italy explained

Songs of Italy
Director:	Domenico Paolella
Starring:	Marco Vicario Rossana Podestà Silvana Pampanini
Music:	Carlo Rustichelli
Cinematography:	Mario Fioretti
Country:	Italy
Language:	Italian

Songs of Italy (Italian: Canzoni di tutta Italia) is a 1955 Italian musical film directed by Domenico Paolella and starring Marco Vicario, Rossana Podestà and Silvana Pampanini.^[1]

It was shot in Ferraniacolor. This film was one of several musicarelli directed by Paolella.

Cast

• • • Marco Vicario Rossana Podestà Silvana Pampanini
      • • • Fausto Tozzi Anna Maria Ferrero Tamara Lees Giorgio De Lullo Dante Maggio Irène Galter
    • Lyla Rocco Roberto Risso Carlo Sposito
      • • Armida De Pasquali Italia Dini Sandra Francis Gisella Monaldi Mercedes Mozart

Reception

An Italian review of the time characterises some episodes of the film as 'weak' and the overall dubbing of the songs as 'sometimes unhappy'.

References

1. Torriglia p.208

Bibliography

• Anna Maria Torriglia. Broken Time, Fragmented Space: A Cultural Map for Postwar Italy. University of Toronto Press, 2002.