''Sunday in August'' (Italian: ''Domenica d'agosto'') is a 1950 Italian comedy drama film directed by

Luciano Emmer Luciano Emmer (19 January 1918 – 16 September 2009) was an Italian film director. He was born in Milan, but most of his childhood lived in Venice. He started as filmmaker at filming Giotto's frescoes in Padua in 1938. Screenwriter Sergio ...

and starring Vera Carmi,

Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (26 September 1924Come da lui stesso dichiarato a 1'10" dquesta intervista/ref> – 19 December 1996) was an Italian actor. He is generally regarded as one of Italy's most iconic male performers of the 20t ...

Emilio Cigoli Emilio Cardi Cigoli (18 November 1909 – 7 November 1980) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Cigoli was born in Livorno to actress Giovanna Cigoli. His grandfather worked as a silent film actor. He began his career on stage at ...

and

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. It earned just under 150 million lire at the domestic box office. The film was nominated for a

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. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's Hundred Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978".

Cast

* Anna Baldini as Marcella Meloni * Vera Carmi as Adriana *

as Alberto Mantovani *

Franco Interlenghi Franco Interlenghi (29 October 1931 – 10 September 2015) was an Italian actor. He made his acting debut at 15 in Vittorio De Sica's 1946 Neorealist film '' Sciuscià''. He worked with great directors such as Alessandro Blasetti in '' Fabiola' ...

as Enrico *

Elvy Lissiak Elvy Lissiak (19 July 1929 – 25 February 1996) was an Italian stage and film actress. Life and career Born in Trieste, Italy, as Elvira Lissiak, she made her film debut with the role of Luciana in Luciano Emmer's ''Domenica d'agosto'' (1950 ...

as Luciana *

as Roberto * Mario Vitale as Renato *

as Ercole Nardi * Anna Medici as Rosetta * Andrea Compagnoni as Cesare Meloni *

Ave Ninchi Ave Maria Ninchi (; 14 December 1914 – 10 November 1997) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included '' Tomorrow Is Too Late'' (1949) and Louis Malle's '' M ...

as Fernanda Meloni * Salvo Libassi as Perrone * Jone Morino as Mesmè

References

Bibliography

* Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991.

External links

* 1950 films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian-language films 1950 comedy films Films directed by Luciano Emmer Films scored by Roman Vlad Films set in Rome Films shot in Rome Italian comedy films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub