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" film directed by

Ettore Maria Fizzarotti Ettore Maria Fizzarotti (1916–1985) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples, the son of the director Armando, he debuted as assistant director in the films of his father, and later collaborated with, among others, Vi ...

. The title is a reference to the

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's eponymous hit song.

Cast

: Gianni Raimondi * Laura Efrikian: Laura Raimondi *

Nino Taranto Nino Taranto (28 August 1907 – 23 February 1986) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1924 and 1971. Life and career Born in Naples, Taranto started his career as a child actor in 1918 starring in some loca ...

: José Da Costa * Katia Moguy: Maria Da Costa *

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: Lina, the maid *

Franco Giacobini Franco Giacobini (5 March 1926 – 27 December 2015) was an Italian actor. Born in Rome as Francesco Giacobini, he graduated at Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in 1948, then started a prolific stage career, working in comed ...

: the sergeant *

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: Sanmarco *

Carlo Taranto Carlo Taranto (18 October 1921 – 4 April 1986) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1949 and 1984. Partial filmography * ''The Firemen of Viggiù'' (1949) * ''Assi alla ribalta'' (1954) * ''Wives and Obscurities'' ( ...

: Roberto Mendoza *

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: the professor *

Enzo Cannavale Vincenzo "Enzo" Cannavale (5 April 1928 – 18 March 2011) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films since 1949, including ''Cinema Paradiso'', which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academ ...

: Hotel doorman *

Gino Bramieri Gino Bramieri (; 21 June 1928 – 18 June 1996) was an Italian comedian and actor. He was especially known as a television comedian, but also performed in theatres, on radio, and in about thirty movies. He was nicknamed "Il Re della barzelletta ...

: Mr. Krone-Luigi Brambilla *

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: Carlos Roberto *

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: commilitone

References

External links

* 1968 films Musicarelli 1968 musical comedy films Films directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti Films scored by Gianfranco Reverberi 1960s Italian films {{musical-comedy-film-stub