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The Career of a Chambermaid is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Dino Risi with Agostina Belli
The Career of a Chambermaid (1976)
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Add to a movie listTelefoni bianchi (English:White Telephone, internationally released as The Career of a Chambermaid) is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. For this film Agostina Belli was awarded with a Special David di Donatello for her performance. The title refers to the White Telephone comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. The film is a comic portrayal of the Italian film industry during the Fascist era in which an ambitious young woman briefly rises to become a film star.
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Le film retrace les tribulations de Marcella Valmarin (Agostina Belli), pendant le Fascisme, son écroulement, puis pendant l'après-guerre. D'abord femme de chambre, puis prostituée, elle devient diva du régime sous le nom d'Alba Doris et maîtresse du Duce puis se marie après la libération avec un riche industriel suisse. Pendant ce temps, son fiancé Roberto (Cochi Ponzoni), qui sera en fin de compte le seul à n'avoir jamais couché avec elle, est blessé pendant la guerre contre l'URSS, abandonné par ses camarades, et recueilli par une paysanne russe avec laquelle il vivra comme un pauvre moujik. À la fin du film, les anciens amoureux se croisent, mais sans le savoir.Actors
Agostina Belli
(Marcella Valmarin alias Alba Doris)
Vittorio Gassman
(Franco Denza)
Ugo Tognazzi
(Adelmo)
Cochi Ponzoni
(Roberto Trevisan)
Maurizio Arena
(Luciani)
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