Boccaccio (1940 film)

Boccaccio is a 1940 Italian operetta film directed by Marcello Albani and starring Clara Calamai, Osvaldo Valenti and Silvana Jachino. It is based on the 1879 operetta Boccaccio by Franz von Suppé.^[1] It was made at the Scalera Studios in Rome.

Boccaccio
Directed by	Marcello Albani
Written by	Maria Basaglia Luigi Bonelli Max Calandri Michele Galdieri Filippo Masoero Marcello Albani Camillo Walzel (libretto) Richard Genée (libretto)
Produced by	Ettore Presutti
Starring	Clara Calamai Osvaldo Valenti Silvana Jachino Luigi Almirante
Cinematography	Massimo Terzano
Edited by	Dolores Tamburini
Music by	Tarcisio Fusco
Production company	Scalera Film
Distributed by	Scalera Film
Release date	22 September 1940 (1940-09-22)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Actress Clara Calamai in a scene from the 1940 film "Boccaccio"

Cast

• Clara Calamai as Giannina, falso Boccaccio
• Osvaldo Valenti as Berto
• Silvana Jachino as Fiammetta
• Luigi Almirante as Maestro Scalza
• Osvaldo Genazzani as Il principe di Parnormo
• Virgilio Riento as Il bottaro
• Anita Farra as Beatrice
• Bice Parisi as Peronella
• Nera Novella as Isabella
• Raffaele di Napoli as Il duca di Calabria
• Rudi Dal Pra as Leonetto
• Amilcare Pettinelli as Il Siniscalco
• Daniella Drei as Una ancella
• Gino Bianchi as Lambertuccio
• Dino De Laurentiis as Uno degli studenti con la penna