Country: Italy
Year: 1958
Duration: 103'
While their husbands are out hunting, their wives discuss fidelity: Claudine is convinced that Federico is faithful to her and when they propose putting him to the test, she accepts and wins the bet; in return, she insists that Tosca, a former ballerina, performs a piece from her repertoire. Her husband Pirro gets upset, fearing that this is attracting the attention of Bruno, whose wife, Ornella, fears the same. In the midst of these suspicions and attractions, the only tranquil person is Benny, whose wife doesn’t attract anybody’s interest. Proiezione in collaborazione con la Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Cineteca Nazionale
Biography
film director
Luigi Comencini
Luigi Comencini (Salò, Brescia, Italy, 1916 - Rome, Italy, 2007), one of the founders, with Alberto Lattuada and Mario Ferreri, of the Cineteca italiana, had his first big success with The Emperor of Capri, starring Totò. In 1953 he won a Silver Bear in Berlin with Bread, Love and Dreams, which was followed by Bread, Love and Jealousy. In the 1960s he made films like Everybody Go Home and Bebo’s Girl, and in the following decade he made The Scientific Cardplayer and The Sunday Woman. He has also directed important literary adaptations for television, including The Adventures of Pinocchio, Heart and History. In 1987, he was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Venice.
FILMOGRAFIA
L’imperatore di Capri (1949), La valigia dei sogni (1953), Pane, amore e fantasia (1953), Pane, amore e gelosia (1954), La finestra sul Luna Park (1957), Mariti in città (1957), Mogli pericolose (1958), Le sorprese dell’amore (1959), Tutti a casa (1960), La ragazza di Bube (1963), Il compagno Don Camillo (1965), Incompreso (1966), Le avventure di Pinocchio (tv, 1972), Lo scopone scientifico (1972), La donna della domenica (1975), L’ingorgo (1979), Cercasi Gesù (1982), Cuore (tv, 1984), La storia (tv, 1986), Buon Natale... Buon Anno (1989), Marcellino pane e vino (1992).
Cast
& Credits
regia, produttore/director, producer
Luigi Comencini
soggetto/story
Edoardo Anton
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Edoardo Anton, Marcello Fondato, Ugo Guerra, Luigi Comencini
fotografia/cinematography
Armando Nannuzzi
montaggio/film editing
Nino Baragli
scenografia/production design
Piero Filippone
costumi/costume design
Adriana Berselli
musica/music
Domenico Modugno, Felice Montagnini
suono/sound
Kurt Doubrawski
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Sylva Koscina (Tosca), Renato Salvatori (Federico), Dorian Gray (Ornella), Franco Fabrizi (Bruno), Georgia Moll (Claudina), Nino Taranto (Pirro), Mario Carotenuto (Benny), Pupella Maggio (Lolita), Bruno Carotenuto (Tato), Pina Renzi (la madre di Ornella/Ornella’s Mother), Maria Pia Casilio (Elisa), Yvette Masson (la signora bionda/Blonde Woman), Nando Bruno (il tassista/Taxi Driver), Vittoria Crispo (Caterina), Graziella Lonardi (Xenia), Rosalba Neri (Angelina)
produzione/production
Morino Film, Tempo Film
