The Career of a Chambermaid
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.
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| Directed by | Dino Risi |
| Written by | Bernardino Zapponi Ruggero Maccari Dino Risi |
| Produced by | Pio Angeletti |
| Starring | Agostina Belli Vittorio Gassman Ugo Tognazzi |
| Cinematography | Claudio Cirillo |
| Edited by | Alberto Gallitti |
| Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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
References
- 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.
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