{{short description|1939 film directed by Max Neufeld}} {{Infobox film | name = Unjustified Absence | image = Unjustified Absence.jpg | caption = | director = Max Neufeld | producer = Giuseppe Amato | writer = {{ubl|István Békeffy (play)|Amedeo Castellazzi|Aldo De Benedetti|Carlo Della Posta|Max Neufeld}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Alida Valli|Amedeo Nazzari|Lilia Silvi|Paolo Stoppa}} | music = Cesare A. Bixio | cinematography = Václav Vích | editing = Maria Rosada | studio = Era Film | distributor = Minerva Film | released = {{Film date|1939|11|15|df=yes}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = Italy | language = Italian | budget = | gross = }} '''''Unjustified Absence''''' (Italian: '''{{lang|it|Assenza ingiustificata}}''') is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari and Lilia Silvi. A girl leaves school to marry a doctor, but becomes annoyed by his constant absences and decides to secretly resume her studies.<ref>Gundle p.226</ref>
It was shot at Cinecittà Studios with sets designed by the art director Gastone Medin.
==Cast== {{cast listing| *Alida Valli as Vera Fabbri *Amedeo Nazzari as Doctor Carlo Cristiani *Lilia Silvi as Luisa Albertini *Paolo Stoppa as Eugenio Sinibaldi *Guglielmo Barnabò as Mr. Fabbri *Lia Orlandini as Mrs. Fabbri *Lauro Gazzolo as the dean *Olga Solbelli as the "bad" professor *Giacomo Moschini as the "good" professor *Pina Gallini as a teacher *Giana Cellini as a nurse *Bianca Della Corte as a schoolmate of Vera's *Daniella Drei as a schoolmate of Vera's *Liliana Vismara as a schoolmate of Vera's *Armandina Bianchi as a schoolmate of Vera's *Maria-Pia Vivaldi as a schoolmate of Vera's *Nella Morganti as a schoolmate of Vera's *Luisa Papa as a schoolmate of Vera's }}
== References == <references/>
== Bibliography == *Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013.
== External links == *{{IMDb title|0031059}}
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Category:1939 films Category:Italian comedy films Category:Italian black-and-white films Category:1939 comedy films Category:1939 Italian-language films Category:Films directed by Max Neufeld Category:Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Category:Minerva Film films Category:1939 Italian films Category:Films scored by Cesare Andrea Bixio Category:Italian-language comedy films
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