''It Was She Who Wanted It!'' (Italian: ''Era lei che lo voleva!'') is a 1953 Italian

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directed by

Marino Girolami Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor. Biography Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a Professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. ...

and starring

Walter Chiari Walter Annicchiarico (8 March 1924 – 20 December 1991), known as Walter Chiari , was an Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in comedy roles. Biography Walter Annicchiarico was born in Verona, Italy on 8 March 1924 to a family originally ...

Lucia Bosè Lucia Bosè (28 January 1931 – 23 March 2020) was an Italian actress. Life and career Lucia Bosè was born in Milan to Francesca Borloni and Domenico Bosè. After a number of years working in a bakery, Pasticceria Galli, in her native city, ...

and Carlo Campanini.Chiti, Poppi & Lancia p.140 The film's sets were designed by the

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Alberto Boccianti. It involves the emotional bickering between a psychiatrist and a rather brusque boxer.

Plot

After seeing the famous Dinamite boxer in a sports magazine, a girl has visions, seeing in every person she meets the face of the boxer. Her doctor manages to remind her of having met him in a fleeting and unpleasant occasion, but concludes that the visions are the result of her unconscious love for the boxer.

Cast

as Walter Martini *

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as Nausicaa * Carlo Campanini as Antonio *

Jone Morino Jone Morino (28 April 1896 – ?) Birth name Jone Nicola Morino. was an Italian film actress. Born in Rome, Italy, appeared in at least 37 films between 1938 and 1956. Filmography *''The House of Shame'' (1938) *''Validita Giorni 10'' (19 ...

as Donna Eva *

Giuseppe Porelli Giuseppe Porelli (24 November 1897 – 5 March 1982) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born Giuseppe Porcelli in Naples, he graduated from the Istituto Tecnico and became an employee of Ferrovie dello Stato. Wh ...

as Comm. Invernaghi *

Carmen de Lirio Carmen de Lirio (31 October 1926 – 4 August 2014) was a Spanish film actress.Cowie & Elley p.496 Selected filmography * ''The Evil Forest'' (1951) * ''It Was She Who Wanted It!'' (1953) * ''Peace Never Comes'' (1960) * ''The Two Rivals (1960 fi ...

as Carmen * Mario Ruspoli as The Cousin Raoul *

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as The Maid at Invernaghi's *

Giovanni D'Anzi Giovanni D'Anzi (1 January 1906 – 15 April 1974) was an Italian songwriter. Biography D'Anzi was born in Milan. In 1935 he wrote music and lyrics of " O mia bela Madonina" ("My beautiful little Madonna"), a song dedicated to his hometow ...

as Kid Tartufi * Rolf Tasna as Dr Rossi *

Enzo Fiermonte Enzo Fiermonte (17 July 1908 – 22 March 1993), sometimes credited as William Bird, was an Italian actor and boxer. Early life Vincenzo "Enzo" Fiermonte was born on 17 July 1908 in Casamassima, a rural village near Bari, in southern Italy to D ...

as a Puglie * Ettore Bevilacqua as Galba * Aldo Spoldi as Franco *

Tiberio Mitri Tiberio Mitri (12 July 1926 in Trieste – 12 February 2001 in Rome) was an Italian boxer who fought from 1946 to 1957. During his career, Mitri was the Italian and European middleweight champion. Mitri's professional debut, was 1 August 1946, ...

as The Boxer Raoul * Egisto Peire as Self * Leone Jacovacci as The Punch-Drunk Boxer * Carlo Orlandi as Boxer Guest at the Wedding Breakfast

References

Bibliography

* Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto & Lancia, Enrico. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. * Hennessey, Brendan. ''Luchino Visconti and the Alchemy of Adaptation''. State University of New York Press, 2021.

External links

* 1953 films Italian comedy films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Marino Girolami 1953 comedy films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-comedy-film-stub