| The Actor Who Disappeared | |
| Director: | Luigi Zampa |
| Producer: | Raimondo Perretta |
| Music: | Salvatore Allegra |
| Starring: | Vivi Gioi María Mercader Giulio Donadio |
| Cinematography: | Domenico Scala |
| Editing: | Tullio Chiarini |
| Studio: | Imperial Film |
| Distributor: | Industrie Cinematografiche Italiane |
| Runtime: | 78 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
The Actor Who Disappeared (Italian: L'attore scomparso) is a 1941 Italian comedy mystery crime film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Vivi Gioi, María Mercader and Giulio Donadio. It is a remake of the German film Was wird hier gespielt? (1940) based on the eponymous play by Theo Lingen.[1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Pinzauti.
A young actor, frustrated by the negligible roles he keeps being cast in, plans a hoax. The play he is appearing in, involves his character being shot dead while hiding in a cupboard by an outraged husband. However, when the door is opened he has completely vanished forcing the management to return the audience's money. However, one of the spectators, a police officer had received an anonymous letter claiming that a murder was to take place at that theatre that night and begins an investigation.