The Ancestor

The Ancestor (Italian: L'antenato) is a 1936 Italian comedy film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Antonio Gandusio, Paola Barbara and Mercedes Brignone.^[1] It is an adaptation of a play by Carlo Veneziani, and was made at the Palatino Studios in Rome.

The Ancestor
Directed by	Guido Brignone
Written by	Carlo Veneziani (play) Guido Brignone
Produced by	Oreste Cariddi Barbieri
Starring	Antonio Gandusio Paola Barbara Mercedes Brignone Aldo Silvani
Cinematography	Otello Martelli
Edited by	Giuseppe Fatigati
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Production company	Astra Film
Distributed by	ENIC
Release date	1936 (1936)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Cast

• Antonio Gandusio as barone di Montespanto
• Paola Barbara as Germana
• Mercedes Brignone as signora Leuci
• Aldo Silvani as Ascanio
• Olivia Fried as Vannetta
• Minna Rubino Rossini as Fanny
• Maurizio D'Ancora as Guiscardo di Montespanto
• Guglielmo Barnabò as Bergandi
• Claudio Ermelli as Samuele
• Vittorio Simbolotti as Egido
• Dina Romano
• Alessandra Varna
• Rocco D'Assunta
• Giovanni Conforti

References

1. Moliterno p.280

Bibliography

• Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

• The Ancestor at IMDb