The Doll That Took the Town (Italian: La donna del giorno, lit. 'The Woman of the Day') is a 1956 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Maselli and starring Virna Lisi, Haya Harareet and Franco Fabrizi.[1][2] For this film Maselli won the award for best young director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[3]
| The Doll That Took the Town | |
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| Directed by | Francesco Maselli |
| Written by | Franco Bemporad Cesare Zavattini Francesco Maselli Luigi Squarzina Aggeo Savioli |
| Produced by | Lorenzo Pegoraro |
| Starring | Virna Lisi Antonio Cifariello Haya Harareet Elisa Cegani Vittorio Sanipoli Franco Fabrizi |
| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
| Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
| Music by | Mario Zafred |
| Distributed by | Medallion Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Plot
editA struggling model who concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Complications arise when the police eventually arrest three suspects.
Cast
edit- Virna Lisi as Liliana
- Antonio Cifariello as Giorgio Salustri
- Haya Harareet as Anna
- Serge Reggiani as Mario Grimaldi
- Elisa Cegani as Miss Attenni
- Franco Fabrizi as Aldo
- Vittorio Sanipoli as Police commissioner
- Mario Carotenuto as Editor
- Marcello Giorda as Marcello
- Camillo Milli as Camillo
- Diego Michelotti as Diego
- Giulio Paradisi as Giulio
- Giuliano Montaldo as Journalist
- Peter Van Wood as Himself
References
edit- ^ "Rassegna cinematografica [review]". Corriere della Sera. 26 January 1957. p. 6 – via The Wikipedia Library.
- ^ m. g. (7 February 1957). "Sullo schermo". La Stampa. No. 33. p. 4. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959 (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 124. ISBN 978-88-7605-548-5.
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