---
title: 'Castles in the Air (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Augusto Genina'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/castles-in-the-air-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029977/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Castles in the Air (1939)

1939 · 96 min · Comedy · Germany, Italy

Original title: Castelli in aria

## Synopsis

Castles in the Air 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Augusto Genina](https://cinepixo.com/people/augusto-genina)
- **Screenplay:** [Augusto Genina](https://cinepixo.com/people/augusto-genina), [Alessandro De Stefani](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-de-stefani)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alessandro Cicognini](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-cicognini)
- **Director of Photography:** [Günther Anders](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-anders)

## Cast

- [Carla Sveva](https://cinepixo.com/people/carla-sveva)
- [Annie Rosar](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-rosar)
- [Hilde von Stolz](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-von-stolz)
- [Fritz Odemar](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-odemar)
- [Umberto Sacripante](https://cinepixo.com/people/umberto-sacripante)
- [Ferdinand Maierhofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-maierhofer)
- [Hans Unterkircher](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-unterkircher)
- [Rio Nobile](https://cinepixo.com/people/rio-nobile)
- [Hans Moser](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-moser)
- [Lilian Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/lilian-harvey)
- [Josefine Dora](https://cinepixo.com/people/josefine-dora)
- [Otto Treßler](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-tre-ler)
- [Vittorio De Sica](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-de-sica)
- [Guglielmo Morresi](https://cinepixo.com/people/guglielmo-morresi)
- [Eduard Loibner](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-loibner)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/castles-in-the-air-1939
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