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The Devil Goes to Boarding School (1943)

The Devil Goes to Boarding School poster
Original title
Il diavolo va in collegio
Directed by
Jean Boyer
Genre
comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman causes chaos when she arrives at a strict boarding school. Her presence leads to a series of comedic misunderstandings and romantic entanglements.

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What happens

The Devil Goes to Boarding School (Italian: Il diavolo va in collegio) is a 1944 Italian comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Lilia Silvi, Leonardo Cortese and Greta Gonda. The plot is based on the libretto of the operetta Mam'zelle Nitouche by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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