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.
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> Dino Risi (Director)
> Claudio Risi (First Assistant Director)
> Claudio Cirillo (Director of Photography)
> Bernardino Zapponi (Screenplay)
> Bernardino Zapponi (Story)
> Dino Risi (Screenplay)
> Dino Risi (Story)
> Ruggero Maccari (Screenplay)