Boccaccio '70
Boccaccio '70
Boccaccio '70
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1962
3h 24m
6.9(145 votes)
Comedy
Romance

Overview

An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.

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Cast & Crew

38 members
Acting

Marisa Solinas

Luciana (segment "Renzo e Luciana")

Marisa Solinas
Acting

Anita Ekberg

Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")

Anita Ekberg
Acting

Romy Schneider

Pupe (segment "Il lavoro")

Romy Schneider
Acting

Sophia Loren

Zoe (segment "La riffa")

Sophia Loren
Acting

Germano Gilioli

Renzo (segment "Renzo e Luciana")

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Peppino De Filippo

Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor ...")

Peppino De Filippo
Acting

Tomas Milian

Conte Ottavio (segment "Il lavoro")

Tomas Milian
Acting

Alfio Vita

Cuspet (segment "La riffa")

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Luigi Giuliani

Gaetano (segment "La riffa")

Luigi Giuliani
Acting

Romolo Valli

Lawyer Zacchi (segment "Il lavoro")

Romolo Valli
Acting

Antonio Acqua

Commendatore La Pappa (segment "Le tentazioni ...") (uncredited)

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Nando Angelini

Man Winning a Bottle (segment "La riffa") (uncredited)

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Silvio Bagolini

Secretary of Monsignore (segment "Le tentazioni") (uncredited)

Silvio Bagolini
Acting

Ciccio Barbi

Engineer in the Car (segment "Le tentazioni ...") (uncredited)

Ciccio Barbi
Acting

Lars Bloch

Red Priest (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor ...") (uncredited)

Lars Bloch
Writing

Suso Cecchi d'Amico

(segment "Renzo e Luciana") (uncredited)

Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Acting

Ermelinda De Felice

Woman Dancing (...) Under the Ekberg Billboard (uncredited)

Ermelinda De Felice
Acting

Donatella Della Nora

Donatella, Mazzuolo's Sister (segment "Le tent...") (uncredited)

Donatella Della Nora
Acting

Isa Di Marzio

Narrator (segment "Le tentazioni del ...") (voice) (uncredited)

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Giacomo Furia

Worker (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (uncredited)

Giacomo Furia
Acting

Giuliano Gemma

Hercules (segment "La riffa") (uncredited)

Giuliano Gemma
Acting

Amedeo Girardi

(segment "Il lavoro") (uncredited)

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Carlo Latimer

Jazz Musician (segment "Le tentazioni del ...") (uncredited)

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Valentino Macchi

Friend of Man Winning a Bottle (segment "La riffa") (uncredited)

Valentino Macchi
Acting

Dante Maggio

Foreman (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor ...") (uncredited)

Dante Maggio
Acting

Eleonora Nagy

Cupido (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (uncredited)

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Acting

Mario Passante

Sacristan (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor ...") (uncredited)

Mario Passante
Directing

Polidor

Foreman (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor ...") (uncredited)

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Acting

Antonio Proietti

Man in Church (uncredited)

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Acting

Alfredo Rizzo

Foreman (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor ...") (uncredited)

Alfredo Rizzo
Acting

Howard Nelson Rubien

Eating Man (uncredited)

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Acting

Carlo Sabatini

Cameo (uncredited)

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Acting

Amerigo Santarelli

Worker (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (uncredited)

Amerigo Santarelli
Acting

Archie Savage

Black Tourist (segment "Le tentazioni del ...") (uncredited)

Archie Savage
Acting

Alberto Sorrentino

Worker (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") (uncredited)

Alberto Sorrentino
Acting

Paolo Stoppa

Lawyer Alcamo (segment "Il lavoro") (uncredited)

Paolo Stoppa
Acting

Alfred Thomas

American Musician (segment "Le tentazioni del ...") (uncredited)

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Egidio Ummarino

Man in Church (segment "Le tentazioni del ...") (uncredited)

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