The Monsters (1963)
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
Director:
Dino Risi
Writers:
Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Dino Risi, Elio Petri, Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola.
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Ugo Tognazzi as The Father (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Stefano (segment "Come un Padre") / Battacchi (segment "Il povero Soldato") / L'Onorevole (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") / Dark Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Pilade Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") / The Traffic Warden (segment "L'Agguato") / The Car Buyer (segment "Vernissage") / Spectator at the Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio") / The Husband (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli") / Guarnacci (segment "La nobile Arte") |
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Vittorio Gassman as The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte") |
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Lando Buzzanca as Luchino (segment "Come un padre") |
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Marisa Merlini as Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") |
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Rika Dialina as Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato") |
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Michèle Mercier as The Wife (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli") |
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Marino Masé as The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli") |
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Franco Castellani as Giulio Francusi (segment "La Raccomandazione") |
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Maria Mannelli as Olimpia Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla Vita") |
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Mario Laurentino as The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato") |
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Angela Portaluri as Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!") |
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Carlo Kechler as Ministry of Public Works's Director (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") |
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Ugo Attanasio as General Olivazzi (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") |
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Luciana Vincenzi as Brunette with two Latin Lovers (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") |
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Carlo Bagno as Presiding Judge (segment "Testimone volontario") |
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Daniele Vargas as Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli") |
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Françoise Leroy as Nieli (segment "Il Sacrificato") |
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Sal Borgese as The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa") |
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Maria Luisa Rispoli as Wife at Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio") |
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Riccardo Paladini as Himself - TV Speaker (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") |
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Mario Brega as Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte") |
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Nino Nini as Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile Arte") |
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Ottavio Panunzi as Giovanni Bordignon (segment "La nobile Arte") |
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Lucia Modugno as Clara Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte") |
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Anna Lina Alberti as Woman Sitting next to Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") (uncredited) |
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Franco Caracciolo as Don Ilario (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited) |
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Mario Cecchi Gori as Driver of Fiat 2300 S Coupé (segment "L'Agguato") (uncredited) |
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Roberto Chevalier as (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (voice) (uncredited) |
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Rosemary Dexter as Luciana (segment "Come un Padre") (uncredited) |
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Thea Fleming as Marilina (segment "Vernissage") (uncredited) |
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Mario Frera as The Father's Colleague (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited) |
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Corrado Gaipa as Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited) |
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Veriano Ginesi as Man on the Car (segment "Presa dalla Vita") (uncredited) |
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Carlo Giuffrè as Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited) |
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Antonio Guidi as Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited) |
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Jacques Herlin as Outspoken Juror (segmento "La musa") (uncredited) |
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Renato Izzo as Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Grammar Judge (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited) |
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Antonio La Raina as Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile arte") (voice) (uncredited) |
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Elisa Mainardi as The Manicurist (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") (uncredited) |
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Pat O'Hara as The Mother (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited) |
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Quinto Parmeggiani as The Editor in Chief (segment "Il povero Soldato") (uncredited) |
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Carmen Pericolo as Carmen, Actor's Assistant (segment "La Raccomandazione") (uncredited) |
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Carlo Reali as Luchino (segment "Come un padre") (voice) (uncredited) |
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Jean Rougeul as Literary Critic (segment "La Musa") (uncredited) |
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Stefano Satta Flores as The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa" (voice) (uncredited) |
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Leonardo Severini as Rocchetti (voice) (uncredited) |
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Edoardo Toniolo as (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited) |
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Yacinto Yaria as Giacinto (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited) |
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Efi Kamper as Dancer at the pool (segment "Presa dalla vita") (uncredited) |
| Directing | Dino Risi | Director |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Story |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Story |
| Writing | Elio Petri | Story |
| Writing | Dino Risi | Story |
| Writing | Agenore Incrocci | Screenplay |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dino Risi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Elio Petri | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ruggero Maccari | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ettore Scola | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ettore Scola | Dialogue |
| Writing | Ruggero Maccari | Dialogue |
| Sound | Armando Trovajoli | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Vana Caruso | First Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Domizio Ercolani | Gaffer |
| Production | Pio Angeletti | Production Manager |
| Writing | Ettore Scola | Story |
| Writing | Ruggero Maccari | Story |
| Production | Umberto Santoni | Unit Manager |
| Production | Mario Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Camera | Alfio Contini | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Maurizio Lucidi | Editor |
| Art | Ugo Pericoli | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ugo Pericoli | Costume Design |
| Art | Arrigo Breschi | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gustavo Sisi | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otello Sisi | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound |
| Sound | Guido Ortenzi | Sound |
| Camera | Amerigo Casagrande | Key Grip |
| Camera | Maurizio Scanzani | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Renato Rizzuto | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Mario D'Alessio | Production Secretary |