Maddalena, Zero for Conduct

Dec 18, 1940

1h 19m

★ 6.1

Overview

A young woman teaches commercial writing and makes her students practice by writing letters addressed to an imaginary recipient from Vienna. One day, the love letter the woman writes to this non-existent man is accidentally sent by one of her students –and falls into the hands of a real person.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Artisti Associati

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Cast

Alfredo Hartman

Vittorio De Sica

Elisa Malgari

Vera Bergman

Maddalena

Carla Del Poggio

Eva

Irasema Dilián

Prof.ssa Varzi

Pina Renzi

Prof. Sila

Arturo Bragaglia

Padre di Maddalena

Guglielmo Barnabò

La direttrice

Amelia Chellini

L'allieva Varghetti, la spiona

Paola Veneroni

L'allieva Caricati

Dora Bini

Un' allieva

Enza Delbi

Stefano Armani

Roberto Villa

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