Maddalena, Zero for Conduct explained

Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
Director:	Vittorio De Sica
Producer:	Franco Magli
Starring:	Vittorio De Sica Vera Bergman Carla Del Poggio Irasema Dilián
Music:	Nuccio Fiorda
Cinematography:	Mario Albertelli
Editing:	Mario Bonotti
Studio:	Artisti Associati
Distributor:	Artisti Associati
Runtime:	79 minutes
Country:	Italy
Language:	Italian

Maddalena, Zero for Conduct (Italian: Maddalena... zero in condotta) is a 1940 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica.^[1] It is a remake of the Hungarian film Magda Expelled (1938).

Plot

A mysterious love letter arrives to Alfredo Hartman (Vittorio De Sica) in Vienna, and he goes to Rome to find who wrote it.

Cast

Vittorio De Sica as Alfredo Hartman
Vera Bergman as L'insegnante Elisa Malgari
Carla Del Poggio as Maddalena Lenci
Irasema Dilián as Eva Barta, la privatista (as Eva Dilian)
Amelia Chellini as La direttrice
Pina Renzi as La professoressa Varzi
Paola Veneroni as L'allieva Varghetti, la spiona
Dora Bini as L'allieva Caricati
Enza Delbi as Un'allieva
Roberto Villa as Stefano Armani
Armando Migliari as Malesci, il professore di chimica
Guglielmo Barnabò as Il signor Emilio Lenci
Giuseppe Varni as Amilcare Bondani, il bidello
Arturo Bragaglia as Sila, il professore di ginnastica

Bibliography

Cardullo, Bert. Vittorio De Sica: Actor, Director, Auteur. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009.

Notes and References

Cardullo p.117