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In the Country Fell a Star (1939)

In the Country Fell a Star poster
Original title
In campagna è caduta una stella
Directed by
Eduardo De Filippo
Genre
comedy film
Country
Kingdom of Italy, Italy
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers in a small town become distracted by a famous American movie star who visits. They start to ignore the women they are supposed to marry.

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What happens

In the Country Fell a Star (Italian: In campagna è caduta una stella) is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Eduardo De Filippo. It stars De Filippo, his brother Peppino De Filippo and Rosina Lawrence. When a famous American film star visits their small town, two brothers become obsessed with her and neglect their fiancées. It was based on the play A Coperchia è caduta una stella written in 1933 by Peppino De Filippo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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