1° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Retrospettiva - Il cinema italiano che oggi ha vent'anni. Opere prime 1958-1967
Le svedesi
by Gian Luigi Polidoro
Country: Italy
Year: 1961
Duration: 104'
Fabrizio, Peppino and Alessio leave to Sweden in order to sell some lingerie. Once in Stockholm they meet Alberto, who allows them to use his office. They think more about the possible romance than their job. Alessio meets Ulla and he ends up at her place. The following morning, when he is leaving, he leaves her some money, but she gets really upset and she sends him away. Fabrizio pretends to be a famous violinist and tries to seduce Ingrid, a policewoman. He takes her to Alberto’s office, but he finds out that he has stolen all the lingerie to pay off his debts and come back to Italy. Because of the sudden anger, he says too much and exposes his true identity. The last one, Peppino, meets Anita and when she misses the last train he takes her home. Her parents ask him to stay for the night to thank him. Peppino, scared of being forced to marry the girl, runs away. He finds her the next day, when he decides he is going to stay in Sweden.
Traduzione in inglese Francesca Sala – English translation Francesca Sala
Biography
film director
Gian Luigi Polidoro
Gian Luigi Polidoro (Bassano del Grappa, Vicenza, Italy, 1927 - Rome, Italy, 2000) graduated in 1948 from the Centro sperimentale di cinematografia and began work as an assistant to Francesco Pasineti. He then specialized in documentaries, winning an Oscar for best documentary short with his film Oeuverture (1959). He debuted in feature-length fiction films with Le svedesi (1960). His most important awards arrived with The Devil (1963), which also received the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival that same year. He has played small roles in films such as The Great War (1959) by Mario Monicelli and The Conjugal Bed (1963) by Marco Ferreri.
FILMOGRAFIA
Paese d’America (cm, doc., 1959), Oeuverture (cm, doc., 1959), Power Among Men (doc., 1959), Le svedesi (1960), Hong Kong un addio (1963), Il diavolo (1963), Una moglie americana (1965), Thrilling (ep. Sadik, cm, 1965), Una moglie giapponese? (1968), Satyricon (1969), Fischia il sesso (1974), Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? (1974), Rent Control (Cercasi casa a Manhattan, 1984), Sottozero (1987), Hitler’s Strawberries (1998).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Gian Luigi Polidoro.
Plot: Rodolfo Sonego, Gian Luigi Polidoro.
Screenplay: Sergio Perucchi, Rodolfo Sonego, Gian Luigi Polidoro.
Director of photography: Carlo Di Palma.
Art director: Aurelio Crugnola.
Editor: Nino Baragli.
Cast and characters: Franco Fabrizi (Fabrizio), Franco Interlenghi (Peppino), Mario Carotenuto (Alberto, il romano), Leopoldo Trieste (Alessio), Eva Hiort (Ulla), Christine Grandberg (Anita), Anne Charlotte Sundell (Viveca), Tiberio Murgia (il cubano), Sally Sarrel, Bent Olson.
Production company: Antonio Cervi e Alessandro Jacovoni per la Ajace FilmEuro International Film.
Plot: Rodolfo Sonego, Gian Luigi Polidoro.
Screenplay: Sergio Perucchi, Rodolfo Sonego, Gian Luigi Polidoro.
Director of photography: Carlo Di Palma.
Art director: Aurelio Crugnola.
Editor: Nino Baragli.
Cast and characters: Franco Fabrizi (Fabrizio), Franco Interlenghi (Peppino), Mario Carotenuto (Alberto, il romano), Leopoldo Trieste (Alessio), Eva Hiort (Ulla), Christine Grandberg (Anita), Anne Charlotte Sundell (Viveca), Tiberio Murgia (il cubano), Sally Sarrel, Bent Olson.
Production company: Antonio Cervi e Alessandro Jacovoni per la Ajace FilmEuro International Film.
