Defendant, Stand Up!

Defendant, Stand Up! (Italian: Imputato, alzatevi!) is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Erminio Macario, Ernesto Almirante and Greta Gonda.^[1] It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.^[2]

Defendant, Stand Up!
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Written by	Anacleto Francini Vittorio Metz Giovannino Guareschi Marcello Marchesi Stefano Vanzina Mario Mattoli
Produced by	Eugenio Fontana
Starring	Erminio Macario Ernesto Almirante Greta Gonda
Cinematography	Arturo Gallea
Edited by	Fernando Tropea
Music by	Vittorio Mascheroni Luigi Spaggiari
Production company	Alfa Cinematografica
Distributed by	Consorzio Italiano Noleggiatori Filmi
Release date	13 October 1939 (1939-10-13)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.

Plot

Italy, late 1930s. Cipriano, nurse and handyman in the pediatric clinic of a doctor his foster brother, is wrongly accused of having committed a murder. The process, however, proves his innocence, and Cipriano become so popular as to obtain a theatrical writing for a show that tells the true story of the murder. But the culprit is still there.

Cast

• Erminio Macario as Cipriano Duval
• Leila Guarni as Giorgetta
• Ernesto Almirante as André Copersche, il presidente del tribunal
• Greta Gonda as La cantante afona
• Enzo Biliotti as L'avvocato Gaveneau
• Carlo Rizzo as Il medico
• Armando Migliari as Il ladro Vetriolo
• Lola Braccini as La portinaia
• Arturo Bragaglia as Il proprietario del tabarin 'Mariette'
• Felice Romano as Il commissario
• Lauro Gazzolo as L'uomo dagli schiaffi