The Twentieth Duke

The Twentieth Duke (Italian: Il ventesimo duca) is a 1945 Italian comedy film directed by Lucio De Caro and starring Paola Veneroni, Roberto Villa and Paola Borboni.[1]

The Twentieth Duke
Directed by	Lucio De Caro
Written by	Lucio De Caro Ugo Falena (play) Giovanni Quirici Piero Tellini Vittorio Vassarotti Primo Zeglio
Produced by	Vittorio Vassarotti
Starring	Paola Veneroni Roberto Villa Paola Borboni
Cinematography	Toni Frenguelli
Edited by	Maria Rosada
Music by	Nuccio Fiorda
Production company	Viva Film
Release date	15 July 1945
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The film is based on a 1925 play by Ugo Falena which had previous been made into films on two occasions The Last Lord (1926) and The Woman Dressed As a Man (1932). The story tells of the only surviving relative of an old Duke, his granddaughter, who pretends to be a man in order to convince him that the line of succession is secure.

It was shot at the Cinecitta Studios in Rome. It was made in 1943, but its release was delayed for two years. It did not go on a full national release until early 1946.