Backstage (1939 film)

Backstage (Italian: Retroscena) is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Filippo Romito, Elisa Cegani and Camillo Pilotto.^[1] It is part of the tradition of White Telephone films, popular in Italy during the era.

Backstage
Directed by	Alessandro Blasetti
Written by	Alessandro Blasetti Carlo Duse Ettore Maria Margadonna Pietro Germi Giuseppe Zucca
Starring	Filippo Romito Elisa Cegani Camillo Pilotto
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Edited by	Ignazio Ferronetti
Music by	Alessandro Cicognini
Production company	Continentalcine
Distributed by	ENIC
Release date	1 November 1939 (1939-11-01)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was shot at Cinecittà in Rome and on location in Naples and Pisa.

Cast

• Filippo Romito as Il baritone Alberto De Sanni
• Elisa Cegani as Diana Martelli - la pianista
• Camillo Pilotto as Parsifal Bernocchio
• Lia Orlandini as Mirna Martelli - la zia di Diana
• Enzo Biliotti as Silvio Dentice
• Ugo Ceseri as Terenzio
• Giovanni Grasso as Il commissario
• Fausto Guerzoni as Il vice commissario
• Ermanno Roveri as Un giornalista
• Romolo Costa as Sablonscky
• Mario Pucci as Il portiere dell'albergo
• Oretta Fiume as La fioraia a bordo
• Cesare Zoppetti as Il portiere dell'uscita degli artisti
• Federico Collino as Il portiere dell'entrata al palcoscenico
• Achille Majeroni as Un signore a bordo
• Sandro Dani as Il funzionario della stazione
• Nino Eller as Il controllore alla stazione
• Nino Crisman as Un cameriere a bordo