''Il Successo'' (also known as ''The Success'') is a 1963 Italian

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directed by Mauro Morassi. It is considered an unofficial sequel of

Dino Risi Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy, and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of ''commedia all'italiana''. Biography Risi was born in Milan. He had an ...

's ''

Il Sorpasso ''Il sorpasso'' (), also titled ''The Easy Life'' in English, is a 1962 Italian comedy film co-written and directed by Dino Risi and starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Catherine Spaak. It is considered Risi's masterpiece and on ...

'', with

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and

Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (; 11 December 1930 – 17 June 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-World War II, war era. He starred in m ...

reprising their roles with slight changes. The same Risi directed part of the film.

Cast

: Giulio Cerioni *

: Sergio *

Anouk Aimée Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (; 27 April 1932 2024), known professionally as Anouk Aimée () or Anouk, was a French film actress who appeared in 70 films from 1947 until 2019. Having begun her film career at age 14, she studied acting and ...

: Laura *

Maria Grazia Spina Maria Grazia Spina (3 June 1936 – 13 March 2025) was an Italian television, film and stage actress. Life and career Born Maria Grazia Spinazzi in Venice, Spina debuted as an actress with the theatrical company Stabile di Trieste, then worke ...

: Diana * Cristina Gajoni: Maria *

Filippo Scelzo Filippo Scelzo (19 April 1900 – 9 October 1980) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. He appeared in more than forty films including '' Red Passport'' in which he played the male lead.Landy, Marcia. ''The Folklore of Consensus: Theatr ...

: Francesco Cerioni *

Gastone Moschin Gastone Moschin (; 8 June 1929 – 4 September 2017) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. Career Born in San Giovanni Lupatoto (Veneto), Moschin graduated from the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico and then began ...

: Romeo *

Leopoldo Trieste Leopoldo Trieste (3 May 1917 – 25 January 2003) was an Italian actor, film director and script writer. Trieste was born in Reggio Calabria. He worked with directors such as Pietro Germi, Francis Ford Coppola, Giuseppe Tornatore, Mario Bava, T ...

: Grassi * Riccardo Garrone: Giancarlo *

Mino Doro Mino Doro (6 May 1903 – 13 April 1992) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than a hundred films between 1932 and 1970. Doro generally played supporting and character roles. He appeared as a blackshirt in the 1934 Fascist propaganda f ...

: Cesaretto *

Daniele Vargas Daniele Vargas, stage name of Daniele Pitani (20 April 1922 – 26 April 1981) was an Italian film actor. Life and career Born in Imola, a small town in the district of Bologna, after attending high school with Pier Paolo Pasolini, Daniele ...

: Consouler *

Annie Gorassini Annie Gorassini (born 8 January 1941 in Milan) is an Italian actress and singer, originally a participant in the 1957 Miss World beauty pageant, she went on to star in ''Messalina'' (1960), ''Vulcan, Son of Giove'' (1962), ''8½'' (1963), and '' ...

: Marisa *

Umberto D'Orsi Umberto D'Orsi (30 July 1929 – 31 August 1976) was an Italian character actor and comedian. Born in Trieste, D'Orsi took a degree in law in 1953, but he was already active in theater from 1950, performing in small companies of prose and revu ...

: Lallo *

Franca Polesello Franca Polesello (7 August 1930 – 8 March 2021) was an Italian actress. Biography Franca Polesello began her career in the late fifties in the show, after becoming Miss Lombardy. She worked as a television model and model, before appearing i ...

: Carla *

Carlo Bagno Carlo Bagno (21 March 1920 – 19 January 1990) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Lendinara, Rovigo, Bagno studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, graduating in 1941. Bagno was mainly active ...

: Varelli

References

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* 1963 films Italian comedy films 1963 comedy films Commedia all'italiana Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films with screenplays by Ruggero Maccari 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films Italian-language comedy films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub