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There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs is a film of genre Comedy directed by Duccio Tessari with Salvatore Cascio
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1990)
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Add to a movie listThere Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (Italian: C'era un castello con 40 cani) is a 1990 comedy film, starring Peter Ustinov and directed by Duccio Tessari. It is based on the novel Au bonheur des chiens by Rémo Forlani.
^ Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002.
^ Cristina Balzano. Cento anni di cinema civile: dizionario cronologico tematico. Editori Riuniti, 2002.
Actors
Salvatore Cascio
(Tom)
Delphine Forest
(Violetta)
Peter Ustinov
(Il veterinario)
Jean-Claude Brialy
(Il giudice)
Fiammetta Baralla
(Olga)
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