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Il diavolo in convento (1950)

Name: Il diavolo in convento
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1950-01-17

Plot.

March 1945: an air raid destroys a fishing village. The homeless are hosted by Brother Angelo in the convent of San Fruttuoso in Camogli: years pass but the houses are not rebuilt and when the prior dies, the convent is sold to the rich engineer Milone, determined to transform it into a holiday complex. To prevent the homeless from ending up on the streets, Brother Angelo devises every possible expedient, even a fake miracle while waiting for San Fruttuoso to perform a real one.

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Cast & Crew.

Gilberto Govi

Fra Angelo / Writer

Carlo Ninchi

Milone

Mariella Lotti

Adriana

Georges Galley

Agostino

Barbara Florian

Maria

Leopoldo Valentini

Fra Raffaele

Ave Ninchi

Caterina

Mario Pisu

Padre Claudio

Nunzio Malasomma

Director / Writer

Nerio Bernardi

Comm. Brina

Paolo Campanella

Writer

Aristide Baghetti

Medico condotto

Vincenzo Talarico

Writer

Gabriele Varriale

Writer

Vittorio Zumaglino

Producer

Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

Music

Leonida Barboni

Director of Photography

Marcella Gengarelli

Editor

Guglielmo G. Borzone

ProductionDesigner

Details.

Release Date
January 17, 1950

Status
Released

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2024-09-22

Wiki.

The Devil in the Convent (Italian: Il Diavolo in convento) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Gilberto Govi, Carlo Ninchi and Mariella Lotti.It was shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and on location in Genoa and Gavi in Piedmont. The film took around 274 million lira at the Italian box office.