The Doctor in Spite of Himself (1931 film)

The Doctor in Spite of Himself (Italian: Medico per forza) is a 1931 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani.^[1] It is a free adaptation of Molière's play Le Médecin malgré lui. It was made at the Cines Studios in Rome.

The Doctor in Spite of Himself
Directed by	Carlo Campogalliani
Written by	Carlo Campogalliani Molière (play) Ettore Petrolini
Starring	Ettore Petrolini Tilde Mercandalli Letizia Quaranta
Cinematography	Ubaldo Arata
Edited by	Carlo Campogalliani
Music by	Pietro Sassòli
Production company	Società Italiana Cines
Distributed by	Societa Anonima Stefano Pittaluga
Release date	February 1931 (1931-02)
Running time	55 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

After starring the comedy, for many times in the theaters, Ettore Petrolini^[2] reinvents Sganarelle, in a way close to the character Bertoldo of Giulio Cesare Croce. Referring to Petrolini, the film critic Filippo Sacchi had written "You have to accept it as it is, with his temperament and his admirable qualities ... with the grotesque and the joke that elude even without logic in the comic genre"^[3]

Cast

• Ettore Petrolini as Sganarello
• Tilde Mercandalli as Lucinda
• Letizia Quaranta as Martina
• Augusto Contardi as Geronte
• Sergio Rovida as Leandro
• Elma Krimer as the nurse
• Dria Paola
• Enzo De Felice
• Checco Durante

References

1. Moliterno p.62
2. who had collaborated with the director, to the adaptation of the play
3. "Il medico per forza".

Bibliography

• Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• The Doctor in Spite of Himself at IMDb