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The Ancestor is a film of genre Comedy directed by Guido Brignone released in USA on 21 october 1938 with Antonio Gandusio
The Ancestor (1936)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 21 october 1938
Length 1h16
Directed by Guido Brignone
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
The Ancestor (Italian:L'antenato) is a 1936 Italian comedy film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Antonio Gandusio, Paola Barbara and Mercedes Brignone. It is an adaptation of a play by Carlo Veneziani, and was made at the Palatino Studios in Rome.
^ Moliterno p.280
Actors
Antonio Gandusio
(Barone di Montespanto)
Paola Barbara
(Germana)
Guglielmo Barnabò
(Bergandi)
Mercedes Brignone
(Signora Leuci)
Aldo Silvani
(Ascanio)
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