Rita the American Girl (1965)
Professor Serafino Benvenuti is a master of classical music who has the passion of the orchestra director. However, the young audience of the 60 does not appreciate classical composers like Mozart or Beethoven, and so Serafino is likely to have compromised his image as a director. One day Serafino receives the news that his adopted daughter Rita is about to return to Italy from America, where she is studying. Serafino is very happy, because at least he can teach her the real music. However, Rita is deeply grown and changed: she follows the musical patterns of her time: the rock music and blues. Serafino gets very angry, especially when he discovers that his daughter falls in love with a young man, a member of a band called "The Rockets.
Director:
Piero Vivarelli
Writers:
Tito Carpi, Ugo Gregoretti, Bruno Corbucci, Ugo Moretti.
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Totò as Serafino Benvenuti |
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Rita Pavone as Rita D'Angelo |
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Fabrizio Capucci as Fabrizio Carli |
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Lina Volonghi as Greta Wagner |
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Umberto D'Orsi as Orazio |
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Nino Fuscagni as giovane al concerto |
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Nino Nini as ufficiale giudiziario |
| Directing | Piero Vivarelli | Director |
| Camera | Emanuele Di Cola | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sergio Borelli | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marinella Giorgi | Costume Design |
| Sound | Giulio Tagliacozzo | Sound |
| Production | Giancarlo Marchetti | Producer |
| Writing | Piero Vivarelli | Story |
| Directing | Mario Castellani | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Vittorio Bernini | Camera Operator |
| Production | Pietro Santini | Unit Manager |
| Writing | Tito Carpi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ugo Gregoretti | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bruno Corbucci | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Miccinilli | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Enzo Micarelli | Editor |
| Production | Fabrizio Capucci | Producer |
| Editing | Leda Bellini | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Angelo Amatulli | Boom Operator |
| Art | Giuseppe Bassan | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fernanda De Rossi | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Ugo Moretti | Screenplay |
| Directing | Giancarlo Di Fonzo | First Assistant Director |