Red Roses (film)

Red Roses
Directed byVittorio De Sica
Giuseppe Amato
Written byAldo De Benedetti
Produced byAngelo Rizzoli
Giuseppe Amato
StarringVittorio De Sica
Renée Saint-Cyr
Vivi Gioi
CinematographyTamás Keményffy
Edited byMaria Rosada
Music byRenzo Rossellini
Production
company
Era Film
Distributed byMinerva Film
Release date
  • 16 April 1940 (1940-04-16)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Red Roses (Italian: Rose scarlatte) is a 1940 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and Giuseppe Amato and starring De Sica, Renée Saint-Cyr, and Vivi Gioi. It was De Sica's first film as a director.[1] De Sica had previously appeared in a 1936 production of the stage play by Aldo De Benedetti on which it was based.[2] It was shot at the Cinecitta Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin.

  1. ^ "Tribute to Vittorio De Sica". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  2. ^ Cardullo p.117