''House of Pleasure for Women'' ( it, Bordella) is a 1976
satirical
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comedy film
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written and directed by
Pupi Avati
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and starring
Gigi Proietti
Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, singer and television presenter.
Early life
He was born in Rome to Romano Proietti, originally from Umbria, and Giovanna Ceci, a ...
,
Christian De Sica
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Life
De Sica was born in Rome the second son of Italian director Vittorio De Sica and Spanish actress María Mercader. His first cousin once removed was Ramón M ...
,
Gianni Cavina
Gianni Cavina (9 December 1940 – 26 March 2022) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films from 1968 to 2022. Born in Bologna, Cavina trained as a stage actor at the Teatro Stabile di Bologna, under the direction of Franco ...
,
Al Lettieri
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and
Vincent Gardenia
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.
Plot
A brothel for women is opened in
Milan
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, Italy.
Cast
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Gigi Proietti
Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, singer and television presenter.
Early life
He was born in Rome to Romano Proietti, originally from Umbria, and Giovanna Ceci, a ...
as Ivano Zuccoli
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Christian De Sica
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Life
De Sica was born in Rome the second son of Italian director Vittorio De Sica and Spanish actress María Mercader. His first cousin once removed was Ramón M ...
as Count Ugolino Facchini
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Al Lettieri
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as Eddie Mordace
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Gianni Cavina
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as Adone Tonti
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Vincent Gardenia
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as Mr. Chips
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Taryn Power
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Early life
Taryn was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1953, to actors Tyrone Power and Linda Christian.Deutsch, Linda (Associated Press)(2 Janua ...
as Olimpia
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George Eastman
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as Luciano aka "Sinbad"
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Vladek Sheybal
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as Francesco
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Maurizio Bonuglia
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1943 births
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Italian male film actors
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as Gualtiero
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Rosemarie Lindt
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as Gualtiero's Wife
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Elisa Mainardi
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Born in Rome, Mainardi studied at the acting school of Peter Sharoff, and debuted on stage in 1956, in Ottavio Spadaro's ''Corruzi ...
as Luciana Muccioli
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Greta Vaillant
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Troy Beasley
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as Silkio Luciano
Production
''House of Pleasure for Women'' was shot in 1975.
Release
''House of Pleasure for Women'' was released in early 1976.
See also
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List of Italian films of 1976
A list of films produced in Italy in 1976 (see 1976 in film):
References
Footnotes
Sources
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External linksItalian films of 1976at the Internet Movie Database
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Italian comedy films
Italian satirical films
1976 comedy films
1976 films
Films directed by Pupi Avati
Films about prostitution in Italy
Films with screenplays by Maurizio Costanzo
1970s Italian films
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