The Career of a Chambermaid (1976)
Overview
This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian girl that goes from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ‘Il Duce’! – for which she received a special David Di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.
Cast
Agostina Belli
Marcella Valmarin alias Alba Doris
Cochi Ponzoni
Roberto Trevisan
Maurizio Arena
Luciani
William Berger
Franz
Lino Toffolo
Gondrano Rossi
Vittorio Gassman
Franco Denza
Ugo Tognazzi
Adelmo
Paolo Baroni
segretario di Marcella
Renato Pozzetto
Bruno
Alvaro Vitali
Mario
Nora Orlandi
Franca Stoppi
la partigiana
Carla Terlizzi
Laura Trotter
Loretta Mari
Enrico Marciani
Bisanti
Giovanni Brusadori
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