Lasciate ogni speranza

For the line from Divine Comedy, see Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate.

Lasciate ogni speranza (transl. Abandon all hope) is a 1937 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Antonio Gandusio, María Denis and Rosina Anselmi.^[2]

Lasciate ogni speranza
Directed by	Gennaro Righelli
Screenplay by	Riccardo Freda Camillo Mariani dell'Aguillara Edoardo Antonelli[1]
Based on	L'agonia di Schizzo by Athos Setti
Starring	Antonio Gandusio María Denis Rosina Anselmi
Cinematography	Carlo Montuori[1]
Music by	Cesare A. Bixio[1]
Production company	Juventus Film[1]
Distributed by	Juventus Film
Release date	October 1937 (1937-10)
Running time	84 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]

Cast

• Antonio Gandusio as Pasquale Grifone
• María Denis as Gina Grifone
• Rosina Anselmi as Filomena Grifone
• Giorgio De Rege as Giovanni
• Guido De Rege as Arturo
• Elli Parvo as Gemma
• Maria Dominiani as Assunta
• Mario Siletti as Jack Hilton
• Angelo Bizzari
• Mario Colli
• Rocco D'Assunta
• Walter Grant
• Edwige Masing
• Giulio Mostocotto
• Luigi Pellegrini
• Edoardo Toniolo

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Production

Raffaele Colamonici hired Riccardo Freda as the screenwriter for the film, adapting the play L'agonia di Schizzo by Athos Setti.^[1][3] Freda would later dismiss the film and his other works of the era as "small comedies without any importance"^[3] Freda stated he wrote the film with his friend Edoardo Antonelli.^[3]

Release

Lasciate ogni speranza was released in October 1937.^[1]