The Hotel of the Absent

1939 film
  • May 1939 (1939-05)
Running time
90 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

The Hotel of the Absent (Italian: L'albergo degli assenti) is a 1939 Italian mystery thriller film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Paola Barbara, Carla Candiani and Camillo Pilotto.[1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. It is also known as The Property of the Absent.

Cast

  • Paola Barbara as Renata
  • Carla Candiani as Muriel Winnfield
  • Camillo Pilotto as Laplace, il capo dei malviventi
  • Maurizio D'Ancora as Il giovanetto galante
  • Carlo Tamberlani as Marisol, l'ubriaco
  • Dria Paola as La giovane innamorata
  • Elio Steiner as Il giovane innamorato
  • Franco Coop as Il commissario
  • Guglielmo Barnabò as Il vice-commissario
  • Pina Gallini as La prigioniera con gli occhiali
  • Enzo Gainotti as Il capo cuoca
  • Renato Chiantoni as Il signore distinto con il monoclo
  • Dina Romano as Una cliente del "L'allegro forzatto"
  • Eugenio Duse as Gervasio, il prigioniero folle
  • Alfredo Martinelli as Il marito tradito

References

  1. ^ Curti p.30

Bibliography

  • Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944. Electa International, 1979.
  • Curti, Roberto. Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History. McFarland, 2022.
  • The Hotel of the Absent at IMDb


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