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.Gundle p.275 The film's sets were designed by the

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and Oscar D'Amico.

Plot

A wealthy

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cheese manufacturer has a paranoid fear of communists and comes to believe that one of his employees is the head of a cell of agents. To keep an eye on him he invites him into his life, even to the extent that he becomes engaged to his attractive daughter.

Cast

* Silvana Pampanini as Silvia * Robert Lamoureux as Roberto *

as Albertini * Ugo Tognazzi as Direttore della fabbrica * Pina Renzi as Signora Albertini *

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* Giuseppe Porelli * Nando Bruno * Renato Chiantoni * Nerio Bernardi *

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* Mario Siletti *

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* Annette Poivre * Raymond Bussières

References

Bibliography

* Gundle, Stephen. ''Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism''. Berghahn Books, 2019.

External links

* 1953 films Films directed by Claudio Gora Italian comedy films 1953 comedy films 1950s Italian-language films French comedy films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films 1950s French films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub