The Private Secretary (1931 Italian film)

The Private Secretary
Directed byGoffredo Alessandrini
Written by
Produced byStefano Pittaluga
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by
  • Goffredo Alessandrini
  • Guy Simon
Music byPaul Abraham Lajos Lajtai
Production
company
Società Italiana Cines
Distributed bySocietà Italiana Cines
Release date
  • 1931 (1931)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Private Secretary (Italian: La segretaria privata) is a 1931 Italian "white-telephones" musical film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi and Sergio Tofano.[1] It was the Italian-language version of the German film Die Privatsekretärin.

Plot

Elsa Lorenzi, a young woman from the provinces, arrives in the big city to find a job as a typist. Staying in a boarding house for single women, she finds employment at a large bank and forms good relationships with her colleagues. However, Elsa quickly encounters the hostility of the head of personnel, who hired her for sexual gain. One evening, late at night, Elsa meets Roberto Berri, a bank manager, whom she mistakes for a simple employee. They go out together, but Elsa rejects his advances, saying she wants to marry someone more successful. The complicated relationship between Elsa and Roberto is fraught with difficulties and misunderstandings, but ultimately ends well.

Cast

Other film versions

References

Bibliography

  • Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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