Giuseppina

Giuseppina is a 1960 short British documentary film produced by James Hill. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).[1][2] Production of the film was sponsored by the British Petroleum company (BP), which also distributes the film.[3] The BP webpage summarizes the film as, "set at an Italian petrol station where various characters pass through on their onward journey, while entertaining and playing with the attendant's daughter, Giuseppina."

For the given name, see Giuseppina (given name).

Giuseppina
Directed by	James Hill
Produced by	James Hill Massimo Saraceni
Written by	James Hill
Starring	Antonia Scalari Giulio Marchetti
Music by	Jack Beaver Ray Beaver
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Edited by	Vivienne Collins
Production company	Schoenfeld Films
Distributed by	British Petroleum
Release date	1960 (1960)
Running time	28 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

In the 1960s and early 1970s, Giuseppina was broadcast 185 times on British television as a trade test colour film.[4] Excerpts were also shown on Vision On, the BBC programme for deaf and hard-of-hearing children.

It was released as an extra on the BFI Flipside DVD release of "Lunch Hour".

Cast

• Antonia Scalari as Giuseppina
• Giulio Marchetti as Rossi

References

1. "New York Times: Giuseppina". NY Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011.
2. "The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
3. "Giuseppina (1959)". BP Video Library. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
4. Keys, Andrew (2007). "The Statistician's Guide to Trade Test Colour Films", webpage of the "Test Card Circle" website archived at WebCite from this original URL 18 June 2008.

External links

• Watch Giuseppina at BP Video Library
• Giuseppina on IMDb