Full Speed
1934 · Italy · 78 min
- Director
- Mario Mattoli
- Screenplay
- Mario Mattoli
- Producer
- Angelo Besozzi
- Cinematography
- Carlo Montuori
- Editing
- Giacomo Gentilomo
Cast
What it is about
A mild-mannered young professor leads a quiet life in the countryside until one day, while fishing, a woman lands in the water beside him after parachuting from a plane. She is Dora, a lively party girl who soon unsettles his stiff household. His growing attraction to her is complicated by the fact that she is about to be married.
How it was made
Directed and written by Mario Mattoli, who also appears in the cast, the comedy was produced by Angelo Besozzi and shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. Art director Gastone Medin designed the sets, Carlo Montuori handled cinematography and Giacomo Gentilomo edited the film. Vittorio De Sica leads the cast alongside Milly as Dora and Camillo Pilotto, with Anna Magnani in a supporting role. The result is a light, brisk story built on the contrast between the protagonist's calm and the heroine's energy.
Reception and legacy
A 1934 Italian romantic comedy running about seventy-eight minutes, it has limited documented critical and commercial reception. It is best viewed as an example of early Italian comic cinema and as one of Anna Magnani's early screen appearances, before she later achieved wide recognition.
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