The Career of a Chambermaid
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.
Cast: Agostina Belli, Cochi Ponzoni, Maurizio Arena, William Berger, Lino Toffolo, Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Paolo Baroni, Renato Pozzetto, Alvaro Vitali, Nora Orlandi, Franca Stoppi, Carla Terlizzi
Crew: Dino Risi (Director), Pio Angeletti (Producer), Adriano De Micheli (Producer), Bernardino Zapponi (Story), Dino Risi (Story)