La Carrière d'une femme de chambre (1976)
En 1935, femme de chambre à l’hôtel Excelsior du Lido de Venise, Marcella est fascinée par les fastes du tout nouveau festival. Cédant à son rêve de devenir une grande star, elle quitte son fiancé Roberto et part à Rome pour rejoindre Luciano, un secrétaire de production. Après avoir tourné un bout d’essai Marcella rencontre Bruno, un lieutenant fasciste qui la demande en mariage, ce qui pousse Roberto à créer un petit scandale. Lancien fiancé se retrouve bientôt dans les troupes qui combattent en Abyssinie… Après un bref passage dans le bordel que dirige la mère de Bruno, elle rencontre Gondran, qui l’introduit dans les milieux de la radio, où elle commence une carrière de chanteuse. L’ascension sociale de Marcella est brusquement facilitée lorsqu’elle devient la maîtresse de Franco Denza, vedette de cinéma au sommet de sa popularité. La chance lui sourit une nouvelle fois lorsqu’elle se donne à Mussolini...
Directeur:
Dino Risi
écrivains:
Bernardino Zapponi, Dino Risi, Ruggero Maccari.
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Agostina Belli as Marcella Valmarin alias Alba Doris |
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Cochi Ponzoni as Roberto Trevisan |
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Maurizio Arena as Luciani |
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William Berger as Franz |
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Lino Toffolo as Gondrano Rossi |
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Vittorio Gassman as Franco Denza |
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Ugo Tognazzi as Adelmo |
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Paolo Baroni as segretario di Marcella |
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Renato Pozzetto as Bruno |
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Alvaro Vitali as Mario |
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Nora Orlandi as |
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Franca Stoppi as la partigiana |
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Carla Terlizzi as |
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Dino Baldazzi as Benito Mussolini |
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Eleonora Morana as madre di Marcella |
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Marcello Fusco as |
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Laura Trotter as Loretta Mari |
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Enrico Marciani as Bisanti |
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Giovanni Brusadori as Il partigiano occhialuto |
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Edoardo Florio as Scandiani |
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Monica Fiorentini as La cameriera amica di Marcella |
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Toni Maestri as il padre di Marcella |
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Renate Schmidt as |
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Giacomo Assandri as |
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West Buchanan as |
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Attilio Dottesio as il partigiano con la barba bianca |
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Carla Mancini as Le prostitute in divisa da marinaio |
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Alberto Postorino as il padre di Mario |
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Vittorio Zarfati as |
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Milla Johansson as Party guest (uncredited) |
| Production | Pio Angeletti | Producer |
| Production | Adriano De Micheli | Producer |
| Directing | Dino Risi | Director |
| Writing | Bernardino Zapponi | Screenplay |
| Production | Mario D'Alessio | Production Manager |
| Writing | Dino Risi | Screenplay |
| Editing | Alberto Gallitti | Editor |
| Sound | Armando Trovajoli | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Bernardino Zapponi | Story |
| Camera | Claudio Cirillo | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Carla Giarè | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Ruggero Maccari | Screenplay |
| Directing | Claudio Risi | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Luciano Ricceri | Production Design |
| Writing | Dino Risi | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luciano Ricceri | Costume Design |
| Editing | Anna Rosa Napoli | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Renato Marinelli | Sound Effects |
| Camera | Oddone Bernardini | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Vittorio Massi | Sound |
| Art | Ezio Di Monte | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giulio Natalucci | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Paul Ronald | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Antonio Randaccio | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Venanzio Biraschi | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giusy Bovino | Hairstylist |