The Girl with the Pistol
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The Girl with the Pistol is a 1968 Italian comedy film
directed by Mario Monicelli
. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
. Monica Vitti won the David di Donatello
as Best Actress.
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Mario Monicelli
Mario Monicelli
Mario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:...
. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
. Monica Vitti won the David di Donatello
David di Donatello
David di Donatello, named after Donatello's David, is a movie award assigned each year for cinematic performances and production by Ente David di Donatello, part of Accademia del Cinema Italiano. It is the Italian equivalent to the Academy Award. There are 24 categories as of 2006.- History :The...
as Best Actress.
Cast
- Monica VittiMonica VittiMonica Vitti is an Italian actress best known for her starring roles in films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, her lover at that time, during the early 1960s...
as Assunta Patane - Stanley BakerStanley BakerSir Stanley Baker was a Welsh actor and film producer.-Early career:William Stanley Baker was born in Ferndale, Rhondda Valley, Wales. In the mid-1930s his parents moved to London, where Baker spent most of his formative years...
as Dr. Osborne - Carlo GiuffrèCarlo GiuffrèCarlo Giuffrè is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in 93 films since 1950.He was born in Naples, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Side Street Story * Il padrone del vapore * La bellezza di Ippolita...
as Vincenzo Macaluso - Corin RedgraveCorin RedgraveCorin William Redgrave was an English actor and political activist.-Early life:Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, the only son and middle child of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson...
as Suicidal man - Anthony BoothAnthony BoothAntony George Booth is an English actor, best known for his role as Mike Rawlins in the BBC series Till Death Us Do Part. His daughter, Cherie, a prominent Queen's Counsel, is married to former Prime Minister Tony Blair...
as Rugby player - Aldo Puglisi as Sicilian immigrant
- Tiberio MurgiaTiberio MurgiaTiberio Murgia was an Italian film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1958 and 2009.-Selected filmography:* Big Deal on Madonna Street * Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti...
as Sicilian immigrant - Dominic Allan as Mr. Sullivan
- Deborah Stanford as Mrs. Sullivan
- Catherine FellerCatherine FellerCatherine Feller is an actor and educator. She is perhaps best known for her role as Oliver Reed's love interest in the Hammer Film Productions' The Curse of the Werewolf . She also appeared in Waltz of the Toreadors with Peter Sellers.Ms...
as Rosina - Helen Downing as Ada
- Janet Brandes as Nurse
- Natasha Harwood as Mrs. Osbourne
- Stefano Satta FloresStefano Satta FloresStefano Satta Flores was an Italian film and dubbing actor.A native of Naples, Italy, Satta Flores graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in the Italian capital city of Rome. He began acting in amateur dramatics at the Piccolo Teatro, where he acted in Shakespeare and Sbragia plays...
as Servant at Capri restaurant
See also
- List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film