The Devil Goes to Boarding School


The Devil Goes to Boarding School is a 1944 Italian comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Lilia Silvi, Leonardo Cortese and Greta Gonda. The plot is based on the libretto of the operetta Mam'zelle Nitouche by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.

Synopsis

Graziella, a high-spirited young heiress, it sent to boarding school in order to try and curb her mischievous behaviour. While at first she pretends to be docile, this is just a cover for her to play more tricks on her teachers. In particular she becomes a thorn in the side of one of a young male professor and sets out to sabotage a revue he is staging starring his dancer girlfriend.

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