| Castles in the Air | |
| Director: | Augusto Genina |
| Producer: | C.O. Barbieri |
| Cinematography: | Günther Anders Konstantin Irmen-Tschet |
| Editing: | Waldemar Gaede Fernando Tropea |
| Studio: | Astra Film |
| Distributor: | Generalcine (Italy) UFA (Germany) |
| Runtime: | 96 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
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.[1] 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 .
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.