L'albergo degli assenti (1939)
- Original title
- L'Albergo Degli Assenti
- Directed by
- Raffaello Matarazzo
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A mystery unfolds at a hotel where guests go missing. A detective investigates the disappearances and the strange events happening there.
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What happens
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. The film was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Its sets were designed by art director Piero Filippone. The film is also known by the alternative title The Property of the Absent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Black Panther (1942)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.