| Defendant, Stand Up! | |
| Director: | Mario Mattoli |
| Producer: | Eugenio Fontana |
| Starring: | Erminio Macario Ernesto Almirante Greta Gonda |
| Music: | Vittorio Mascheroni Luigi Spaggiari |
| Cinematography: | Arturo Gallea |
| Editing: | Fernando Tropea |
| Studio: | Alfa Cinematografica |
| Distributor: | Consorzio Italiano Noleggiatori Filmi |
| Runtime: | 82 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
Defendant, Stand Up! (Italian: Imputato, alzatevi!) is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Erminio Macario, Ernesto Almirante and Greta Gonda.[1] It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[2]
It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.
Italy, late 1930s. Cipriano, nurse and handyman in the pediatric clinic of a doctor his foster brother, is wrongly accused of having committed a murder. The process, however, proves his innocence, and Cipriano become so popular as to obtain a theatrical writing for a show that tells the true story of the murder. But the culprit is still there.