''La vedova e il piedipiatti'' is an Italian television series directed by

Mario Landi Mario Landi (12 October 1920 – 18 March 1992) was an Italian director known for his giallo movies such as ''Giallo a Venezia'' and his television series ''Le inchieste del commissario Maigret''. Life and career Born in Messina, Sicily, Landi ...

and consisting of six episodes. It stars Ave Ninchi,

Enrico Papa Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from ''Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Henri (French), Enri ...

and Veronica Lario and it was one of the last RAI productions shot in black and white. The serial is set in Turin; the two protagonists are the young police inspector Lombardi (Enricco Papa) and his landlady Avatar (Ave Ninchi), an eccentric widow, fortune teller and amateurish detective. Avatar helps Lombardi in his enquiries, with unorthodox but effective methods; besides, she tries unsuccessfully to match him with her pupil Maria Teresa (a young Veronica Lario, the future Silvio Berlusconi's wife).

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* Films directed by Mario Landi 1979 Italian television series debuts 1970s Italian television series Television shows set in Turin {{Italy-tv-prog-stub

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