The Head of the Family (1967)
A man is delighted to hear that his wife is pregnant and he begins to prepare for the wonders of fatherhood. As time progresses along, the family grows larger with each successive child and the father feels his importance in the family has been lessened with all the children. This man's quiet desperation to hold onto his position is an interesting lesson in the family dynamic and how everyone is an important part of the whole.
Director:
Nanni Loy
Writers:
Nanni Loy, Ruggero Maccari.
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Nino Manfredi as Marco |
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Leslie Caron as Paola |
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Claudine Auger as Adriana |
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Ugo Tognazzi as Remo |
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Mario Carotenuto as Gabriele |
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Antonella Della Porta as Bonaria |
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Evi Maltagliati as Luisa, madre di Marco |
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Marisa Solinas as domestica Angela |
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Sergio Tofano as Amedeo, padre di Marco |
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Elsa Vazzoler as Carla, madre di Paola |
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Giampiero Albertini as muratore Natalino |
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Raoul Grassilli as neurologo |
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Gino Pernice as collega di Marco |
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Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia as |
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Marcello Tamborra as |
| Directing | Nanni Loy | Director |
| Writing | Nanni Loy | Story |
| Writing | Nanni Loy | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ruggero Maccari | Story |
| Writing | Ruggero Maccari | Screenplay |
| Camera | Armando Nannuzzi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Franco Fraticelli | Editor |
| Writing | Giorgio Arlorio | Story |
| Art | Carlo Egidi | Production Design |
| Art | Bruno Cesari | Set Decoration |
| Art | Umberto Turco | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcel Escoffier | Costume Design |
| Sound | Carlo Rustichelli | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Bruno Nicolai | Conductor |
| Production | Danilo Marciani | Production Manager |
| Production | Turi Vasile | Producer |
| Directing | Rinaldo Ricci | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Rita Agostini | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Adriana Benedetti | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Alberto Barsanti | Co-Producer |
| Production | Michele Marsala | Unit Manager |
| Production | Rodolfo Martello | Unit Manager |
| Production | Antonio Mazza | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Claudio Cirillo | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Daniele Nannuzzi | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Enrico Umetelli | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Carlo De Biase | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto De Rossi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amalia Paoletti | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Giovanni Battista Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danda Ortona | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Claudio Maielli | Sound |
| Sound | Alberto Bartolomei | Sound |