The Career of a Chambermaid

Overview

This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian girl that goes from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ‘Il Duce’! – for which she received a special David Di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.

Directed by Dino Risi

Top cast

Agostina Belli

Marcella Valmarin alias Alba Doris

Cochi Ponzoni

Roberto Trevisan

Maurizio Arena

Luciani

William Berger

Franz

Lino Toffolo

Gondrano Rossi

Vittorio Gassman

Franco Denza

Ugo Tognazzi

Adelmo

Paolo Baroni

segretario di Marcella

Renato Pozzetto

Bruno

Alvaro Vitali

Mario

Nora Orlandi

Franca Stoppi

la partigiana

Carla Terlizzi

D

Dino Baldazzi

Benito Mussolini

E

Eleonora Morana

madre di Marcella

M

Marcello Fusco

Laura Trotter

Loretta Mari

Enrico Marciani

Bisanti

Giovanni Brusadori

Il partigiano occhialuto

E

Edoardo Florio

Scandiani

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