The Career of a Chambermaid

1976 Italian film
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
120 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

Telefoni bianchi (transl.White Telephones, internationally released as The Career of a Chambermaid) is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. For this film Agostina Belli was awarded with a Special David di Donatello for her performance.[1] The title refers to the White Telephone comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. The film is a comic portrayal of the Italian film industry during the Fascist era in which an ambitious young woman briefly rises to become a film star.

Cast

  • Agostina Belli: Marcella Valmarín
  • Cochi Ponzoni: Roberto Trevisan
  • Maurizio Arena: Luciani
  • William Berger: Franz
  • Lino Toffolo: Gondrano
  • Vittorio Gassman: Franco D’Enza
  • Ugo Tognazzi: Adelmo
  • Renato Pozzetto: Lt. Bruni
  • Dino Baldazzi: Benito Mussolini
  • Paolo Baroni: Gabriellino
  • Alvaro Vitali: Mario, the son in the brothel

See also

References

  1. ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.

Bibliography

  • Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

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