Castles in the Air (Italian: Castelli in aria) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Lilian Harvey, Vittorio De Sica and Otto Treßler. It was made at Cinecittà in Rome, as part of a co-production with Germany. A separate German-language version was also released. It is based on a novel by Franz Karl Franchy.
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Synopsis
A wardrobe mistress at a Vienna theatre wins a competition, receiving as her prize a luxury tour round Italy. On the train she meets an impoverished young Italian who pretends to be a prince.
Partial cast
Lilian Harvey as Annie Wagner detta 'Mimì'
Vittorio De Sica as Riccardo Pietramola
Otto Treßler as Forster
Hilde von Stolz as La cantante
Fritz Odemar as Walter
Carla Sveva as La guardarobiera
Umberto Sacripante as Il gondoliere