Maddalena…Zero for Conduct (1940) - English Subtitles
In a technical-commercial institute in Rome, the student Maddalena Lenci discovers among the papers of Professor Malgari a love letter addressed to an imaginary recipient, featured in a correspondence exercise.
In the letter, addressed to Alfredo Hartman, the writer expresses a desire to meet this seemingly fictional recipient—who, in reality, actually exists.
Eva, an external student, gets hold of the letter and mistakenly sends it to the address written in the header. The letter is successfully delivered to Alfredo Hartman, a wealthy industrialist from Vienna.
Intrigued, Alfredo becomes determined to meet the girl who wrote it. He sets off for Rome, where he meets his cousin, who helps him in his search at the institute attended by Maddalena.
Thus begins a comedy of misunderstandings that culminates in a double wedding.
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast:
Carla Del Poggio as Maddalena Lenci
Vittorio De Sica as Alfredo Hartman (son, father, and grandfather)
Vera Bergman as Professor Elisa Malgari
Irasema Dilian as Eva, the external student
Roberto Villa as Stefano Armani
Guglielmo Barnabò as Emilio Lenci
Pia Attanasio Fioretti as Mrs. Lenci
Amelia Chellini as the school principal
Giuseppe Varni as Amilcare Bondani, the janitor
Arturo Bragaglia as Sila, the gymnastics teacher
Pina Renzi as Professor Varzi
Lina Marengo as the geography teacher
Armando Migliari as Malesci, the chemistry teacher
Paola Veneroni as Varghetti, the top student and tattletale
Dora Bini as Caricati, a student
Irma Corelli as Silvestri, a student
Livia Minelli as the Lenci family maid
Gina Moneta Cinquini as Mrs. Bondani
Mimì Muñoz as Elisa’s mother
Enza Delbi, Vera Ruberti, Alda Grimaldi, Titti Speri as students
Italian Dubbers:
Mario Corte as Alfredo Hartman (grandfather)
Lydia Simoneschi as Professor Elisa Malgari
Aldo Fabrizi as Amilcare Bondani, the janitor
Gilberto Mazzi as Sila, the gymnastics teacher
Subtitles by Steven Jacobs
