The Devil Goes to Boarding School (Italian: Il diavolo va in collegio) is a 1944 Italian comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Lilia Silvi, Leonardo Cortese and Greta Gonda.[1] The plot is based on the libretto of the operetta Mam'zelle Nitouche by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud.[2] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.
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.