Poppy (1952 film)

Poppy (Italian: Lo sai che i papaveri) is a 1952 Italian comedy film by Vittorio Metz and Marcello Marchesi and starring Walter Chiari, Anna Maria Ferrero and Carlo Campanini.^[1] It was shot at the Ponti-De Laurentis Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti.

Poppy
Directed by	Vittorio Metz Marcello Marchesi
Written by	Marcello Marchesi Vittorio Metz
Produced by	Mario Silvestri
Starring	Walter Chiari Anna Maria Ferrero Carlo Campanini
Cinematography	Riccardo Pallottini
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Music by	Vittorio Mascheroni
Production company	Excelsa Film
Distributed by	Minerva Film
Release date	1952 (1952)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Synopsis

Unknowingly, respectable schoolteacher Gualtiero leads a double life as Walter who frequents nightclubs every night. Whereas Gualtiero is engaged to a fellow teacher Anna, Walter is a carousing womaniser. Pierina, one of his students who has a crush on him, discovers about his nocturnal visits and seeks him out. They enjoy a romance, but by day he remembers nothing about it. Eventually when confronted, he visits a psychiatrist who reveals he has a dual personality with strong contrasting traits inherited from each of his parents.

Cast

• Walter Chiari as Gualtiero/Walter
• Anna Maria Ferrero as Pierina Zacchi
• Carlo Campanini as Padre di Pierina
• Luisa Rossi as Anna Butti
• Franca Rame as Silvana
• Raimondo Vianello as lo psicoanalista
• Lauro Gazzolo as il preside
• Juan Carlos Lamas as Lamas
• Galeazzo Benti as Viveur del night
• Dorian Gray as La guardarobiera
• Marcella Rovena as Governanta casa Zacchi
• Belle Tildy as Jeanette D'Aubry
• Maria Pia Trepaoli as Cartomante
• Guglielmo Barnabò as Medico
• Ennio Girolami as Marocchi
• Bruno Smith as Direttore del night 'I tarocchi'
• Guglielmo Inglese as il bidello Elia
• Mario De Simone as Compoagna del scuola
• Franco Pastorino as Rinaldo
• Mimmo Poli as 'Sfilatino'
• Furio Meniconi as Spacciatore di droga