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 | Screenplay |
| Editing | Franco Fraticelli | Editor |
| Writing | Ruggero Maccari | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nanni Loy | Story |
| Camera | Armando Nannuzzi | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ruggero Maccari | Story |
| Art | Umberto Turco | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcel Escoffier | Costume Design |
| Art | Carlo Egidi | Production Design |
| Sound | Bruno Nicolai | Conductor |
| Writing | Giorgio Arlorio | Story |
| Sound | Carlo Rustichelli | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Bruno Cesari | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Alberto Bartolomei | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amalia Paoletti | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danda Ortona | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Production | Antonio Mazza | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Claudio Cirillo | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Enrico Umetelli | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Rinaldo Ricci | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Claudio Maielli | Sound |
| Directing | Rita Agostini | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto De Rossi | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Adriana Benedetti | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Rodolfo Martello | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Giovanni Battista Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Carlo De Biase | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Alberto Barsanti | Co-Producer |
| Production | Danilo Marciani | Production Manager |
| Production | Michele Marsala | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Daniele Nannuzzi | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Turi Vasile | Producer |