Film

I, His Father

1939 · 1h 30m · Drama · Romance

An ex-boxer has trained his own son and leads him on to win the middle-weight championship of Italy. But the boy falls easy prey to a woman of light morals and renounces the hard work of sport to follow her to a winter luxury resort and at a certain moment, offers to marry her but she, not wanting to give up an advantageous connection, turns him down, advising the youth to not change the nature of their relationship. Then, the boy feeling the entire baseness of his situation, returns home to his parents who welcome him back with joy and takes up again a commitment to sport.

Erminio Spalla

Romolo Tonelli

Augusto Lanza

Masetto Tonelli

Evi Maltagliati

Eva

Mariella Lotti

Anna

Clara Calamai

Renata

Carlo Romano

Giorgio

Guido Notari

Roberto

Piero Pastore

Sandro

Vittorio Venturi

Radesio

Lauro Gazzolo

Sardella

Aristide Garbini

Luigi

Gemma Bolognesi

Giulia

Margherita Bagni

Amalia, mamma di Masetto

Gildo Bocci

Spettatore

Alfredo Varelli

Avventore al bar della piscina

Gianni Agus

Amico e tifoso di Masetto

• Mario BonnardWriter · Director
• Ivo PerilliWriter
• Amedeo CastellazziWriter
• Alba De CéspedesNovel
• Otello MartelliDirector of Photography
• Gabriele VarrialeEditor

Release date

March 8, 1939

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Genres

Drama, Romance