Italy / Sep 22, 1971
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Niccolò Vivaldi is a cello player and he plays in Arena di Verona Orchestra. But he is not the first and neither the second cello. He is frustrated. Nobody can remember his face, nor his name. Niccolò is married to Costanza, who is really beautiful and he takes some pictures of her naked. Later he shows the pictures to a friend and so he feels better. He starts to write a comic opera called "Il merlo maschio" only to discover later he had written Rossini's "La gazza ladra". To maintain his self-esteem he can only show his wife...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Felicita Fanny | Whore |
| Edda Ferronao | Costanza's relative |
| Corrado Olmi | Violin teacher |
| Aldo Puglisi | Chemist |
| Luciano Bianciardi | Mazzacurati |
| Adolfo Belletti | |
| Franco Bisazza | |
| Bruno Boschetti | |
| Alfredo Piano | |
| Enzo Robutti | |
| Giuseppe Terranova | |
| Pietro Tordi | |
| Enzo Spitaleri | |
| Orazio Stracuzzi |
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Il merlo maschio |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Clesi Cinematografica |
| Release date | 22 settembre 1971 |
| Production | Silvio Clementelli |
| Writer | Pasquale Festa Campanile, Luciano Bianciardi |
| Editing | Sergio Montanari, Mario Morra, Vanda Olasio |
| Cinematography | Silvano Ippoliti, Enrico Sasso, Renato Doria, Mario Mazzoni, Quirino Fantauzzi |
| Assistant directors | Marcello Crescenzi, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Maria Pia Rocco |
| Lighting | Sergio Spila |
| Camera operators | Enrico Sasso, Silvano Ippoliti, Renato Doria, Mario Mazzoni, Quirino Fantauzzi |
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| Additional photography | Silvano Ippoliti, Enrico Sasso, Renato Doria, Mario Mazzoni, Quirino Fantauzzi |
| Production design | Ezio Altieri, Ezio Di Monte |
| Art direction | Ezio Di Monte, Ezio Altieri |
| Set decoration | Ezio Di Monte, Ezio Altieri |
| Music | Riz Ortolani, Giuseppe Muratori, Vittorio Trentino, Danilo Moroni, Alberto Bartolomei |
| Sound | Riz Ortolani, Giuseppe Muratori, Vittorio Trentino, Danilo Moroni, Alberto Bartolomei |
| Costume design | Ezio Altieri, Sergio Petruzzelli, Grazia Raffa, Mario Di Salvio |
| Makeup | Mario Di Salvio, Sergio Petruzzelli, Grazia Raffa, Ezio Altieri |
| Hairstyling | Sergio Petruzzelli, Grazia Raffa, Mario Di Salvio, Ezio Altieri |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Germany / May 16, 1975 / 18
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