The Twentieth Duke (1945)
- Original title
- Il ventesimo duca
- Directed by
- Lucio De Caro
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A mix-up over an inheritance leads to comedic misunderstandings. A man pretends to be someone he is not, and a woman dresses as a man to sort things out. It is a light comedy of errors from the 1940s.
lightheartedold-fashionedbreezywhimsicalplayfulfarce-likemildly amusing
What happens
The Twentieth Duke (Italian: Il ventesimo duca) is a 1945 Italian comedy film directed by Lucio De Caro and starring Paola Veneroni, Roberto Villa and Paola Borboni. It was shot at the Cinecitta Studios in Rome. It was made in 1943, but its release was delayed for two years. It did not go on a full national release until early 1946. The film is based on a 1925 play by Ugo Falena which had previous been made into films on two occasions The Last Lord (1926) and The Woman Dressed As a Man (1932). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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