Department Store (1939 film) explained

Department Store (1939 film) should not be confused with Grandi magazzini.

Department Store
Director:	Mario Camerini
Producer:	Giuseppe Amato
Music:	Alessandro Cicognini Giovanni D'Anzi Cesare A. Bixio
Cinematography:	Anchise Brizzi
Editing:	Giovanna Del Bosco Mario Camerini
Studio:	Amato Film Era Film
Distributor:	Generalcine
Runtime:	85 minutes
Country:	Italy
Language:	Italian

Department Store (Italian:I grandi magazzini) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini.^[1]

It was made at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. The film entered the competition at the 7th Venice International Film Festival.^[2]

Cast

• Vittorio De Sica as Bruno Zacchi
• Assia Noris as Lauretta Corelli
• Enrico Glori as Bertini, the chief of staff
• Luisella Beghi as Emilia
• Virgilio Riento as Gaetano
• Milena Penovich as Anna
• Andrea Checchi as Maurizio
• Mattia Giancola as Pietro, Anna's brother
  • Renato Alberini Aldo Capacci as the young man in the lift
• Nino Crisman as the warehouse inspector
• Dhia Cristiani as the furniture department's salesperson
• Dino De Laurentiis as the errand boy
• Peppino De Martino as the timecard clerk
• Giovanni Ferrari
• Alba Ferrarotti as a saleswoman
• Diana Floriani as a saleswoman
• Nora Lenner as a saleswoman
• Loredana as a saleswoman
  • Mirto Lusso Nino Marchetti as the enquiry inspector
• Bebi Nucci as a saleswoman
• Amalia Pellegrini as lady asking for raincoats
• Alfredo Petroni as department store director
• Amina Pirani Maggi as the lady in the woolen cap
• Giuseppe Rinaldi as a skier
• Umberto Sacripante as Pietro
• Carlo Simoneschi
• Dida Spaida as Lucia
• Liliana Vismara as Rina
• Liliana Zanardi as director's secretary
• Nietta Zocchi as ugly saleswoman

Notes and References

1. Book: Roberto Chiti . Roberto Poppi . Enrico Lancia . Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. 8876055487.
2. Book: Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. 1998. Gremese Editore, 1998. 8877422211.