Signorinette

{{short description|1942 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Signorinette | image = Signorinette - Film 1942.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Luigi Zampa | producer = Angelo Besozzi | based_on = ''Signorinette'' by {{ill|Wanda Bontà|it}} | writer =Gherardo Gherardi Luciana Peverelli Luigi Zampa | starring = Carla Del Poggio Paola Veneroni Claudio Gora Roberto Villa | music = Salvatore Allegra | cinematography = Domenico Scala | editing = Maria Rosada | studio = Artisti Tecnici Associati Imperial Film | distributor = Industrie Cinematografiche Italiane | released = {{film date|1942|12|19|df=yes}} | runtime = 86 minutes | country = Italy | language = Italian }} '''''Signorinette''''' ({{langx|en|Little Ladies}}) is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Carla Del Poggio, Paola Veneroni and Roberto Villa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mymovies.it/dizionario/recensione.asp?id=22942 |title=Signorinette |work=MyMovies |accessdate=28 December 2019}}</ref><ref>Reich p.173</ref> It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giorgio Pinzauti.

==Synopsis== In Rome three teenage girls with very different backgrounds and personalities experience the difficulties of life.

==Cast== * Carla Del Poggio as Renata * Paola Veneroni as Iris * Anna Mari as Gisella * Nella Paoli as Paola * Claudio Gora as Marco Lancia, the writer * Roberto Villa as Giorgio * Giovanna Galletti as The gymnastics teacher * Checco Durante as Iris' father * Jone Morino as Iris' mother * Bella Starace Sainati as Iris' grandmother

==References== {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Reich, Jacqueline Beth. ''Fascism, Film, and Female Subjectivity: The Case of Italian Cinema 1936-1943''. University of California, Berkeley, 1994.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0035333|title=Signorinette}}

Category:1942 films Category:1942 drama films Category:Italian drama films Category:1942 Italian-language films Category:Italian black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Luigi Zampa Category:1942 Italian films Category:Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Category:Films set in Rome Category:Films shot in Rome Category:Italian-language drama films