''La bellezza di Ippolita'' is a 1962 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Giancarlo Zagni Giancarlo Zagni (4 November 1926 – 21 March 2013) was an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in Bologna, Zagni attended the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bologna, then collaborated with ''L'avvenire d'Italia'' and other newspap ...

, starring Gina Lollobrigida and Enrico Maria Salerno. It was entered into the

12th Berlin International Film Festival The 12th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June – 3 July 1962. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film '' A Kind of Loving'' directed by John Schlesinger. Jury The following people were announced as being on ...

Plot

Cast

* Gina Lollobrigida as Ippolita * Enrico Maria Salerno as Luca * Milva - Adriana *

Lars Bloch Lars Bloch (6 August 1938 – 27 March 2022), was a Danish-Italian actor and producer, sometimes credited as ''Lars Block'' or ''Carlos Ewing''. Born in Hellerup Hellerup () is a very affluent district of Gentofte Municipality in the suburbs of ...

Angela Portaluri Angela Portaluri (born March 5, 1937) is an Italian actress and model. As an actress, she appeared in ''I mostri'' (1963) and '' Il medico della mutua'' (1968). She was the 1956 Italian candidate to Miss World, although she had not won the Miss ...

* Bruno Scipioni *

Piero Palermini Piero Palermini (1925–1996) was an Italian film actor. He was cast by Riccardo Freda in the 1949 swashbuckler, possibly due to a physical resemblance to the Hollywood actor Gene Kelly. Freda would come to regret this casting although Palermini w ...

Franco Balducci Franco Balducci (23 November 1922 – 7 June 2001) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 75 films between 1947 and 1978. He was born in Umbria, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Bullet for Stefano'' (1947) - Giacomo * ''Tempesta su Parig ...

* Ariel Mannoni *

Renato Mambor Renato Mambor (4 December 1936 – 6 December 2014) was an Italian painter, writer, photographer and actor. Born in Rome, Mambor was a member of the 1960s artistic movement known as the Scuola di Piazza del Popolo together with Mario Schifano, ...

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 ...

* Carlo Giuffrè

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* 1962 films 1960s Italian-language films 1962 comedy films Italian black-and-white films Commedia all'italiana Films directed by Giancarlo Zagni Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli 1962 directorial debut films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub