This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian girl that goes from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ‘Il Duce’! – for which she received a special David Di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.
Cast
Agostina Belli
Marcella Valmarin alias Alba Doris
Cochi Ponzoni
Roberto Trevisan
Maurizio Arena
Luciani
William Berger
Franz
Lino Toffolo
Gondrano Rossi
Vittorio Gassman
Franco Denza
Ugo Tognazzi
Adelmo
Paolo Baroni
segretario di Marcella
Renato Pozzetto
Bruno
Alvaro Vitali
Mario
Nora Orlandi
Unknown
Franca Stoppi
la partigiana
Carla Terlizzi
Unknown
Dino Baldazzi
Benito Mussolini
Eleonora Morana
madre di Marcella
Marcello Fusco
Unknown
Laura Trotter
Loretta Mari
Enrico Marciani
Bisanti
Giovanni Brusadori
Il partigiano occhialuto
Edoardo Florio
Scandiani
Monica Fiorentini
La cameriera amica di Marcella
Toni Maestri
il padre di Marcella
Renate Schmidt
Unknown
Giacomo Assandri
Unknown
West Buchanan
Unknown
Attilio Dottesio
il partigiano con la barba bianca
Carla Mancini
Le prostitute in divisa da marinaio
Alberto Postorino
il padre di Mario
Vittorio Zarfati
Unknown
Milla Johansson
Party guest (uncredited)
Crew
Dino Risi
Director, Screenplay, Story
Bernardino Zapponi
Screenplay, Story
Ruggero Maccari
Screenplay
Alberto Gallitti
Editor
Anna Rosa Napoli
Assistant Editor
Claudio Cirillo
Director of Photography
Claudio Risi
First Assistant Director
Pio Angeletti
Producer
Adriano De Micheli
Producer
Luciano Ricceri
Production Design, Costume Design
Oddone Bernardini
Camera Operator
Antonio Randaccio
Assistant Costume Designer
Giusy Bovino
Hairstylist
Giulio Natalucci
Makeup Artist
Venanzio Biraschi
Sound Mixer
Renato Marinelli
Sound Effects
Vittorio Massi
Sound
Armando Trovajoli
Original Music Composer
Paul Ronald
Still Photographer
Carla Giarè
Script Supervisor
Ezio Di Monte
Assistant Production Design
Mario D'Alessio
Production Manager
