''Ma che musica maestro'' is a 1971 Italian "
musicarello
The musicarello (; plural: musicarelli) is a film subgenre which emerged in Italy and which is characterised by the presence in main roles of young singers, already famous among their peers, and their new record album. In the films there are alm ...
" film directed by
Mariano Laurenti
Mariano Laurenti (15 April 1929 – 6 January 2022) was an Italian film director and actor.
Career
He started as a script supervisor and later became an assistant director for, among others, Mauro Bolognini and Stefano Vanzina. He directed 50 ...
. It is loosely based on the
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
's tragedy ''
Romeo and Juliet''.
Plot
Between the two villages of Santa Veronica Bassa and Santa Veronica Alta there is a heated rivalry. When Gianni, a citizen of S.V. Bassa, falls in love with Juliet, a citizen of the enemy village, the two fractions collide with each other to prevent the engagement. The return of Pompeo, an explorer believed to have been lost in Africa for many years, manages to restore peace between the two lovers and the fractions.
Cast
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Gianni Nazzaro
Gianni Nazzaro (27 October 1948 – 27 July 2021) was an Italian singer and actor.
Background
Born in Naples, Nazzaro started his career with the stage name of Buddy, recording 59 singles, mainly cover songs, between 1965 and 1968. In 1968 Naz ...
: Gianni
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Agostina Belli
Agostina Belli (born 13 April 1949) is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1968.
Life and career
Born in Milan as Agostina Maria Magnoni, Belli made her debut in 1968 with a minor part in ''Bandits in Milan'', ...
: Giulietta Ciova
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Franco Scandurra
Franco Scandurra (27 July 1911 – 15 April 2003) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1941 to 1984.
Filmography
References
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1911 births
2003 deaths
Italian male film actors
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: Pompeo Ciova
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Franco Franchi: Franco
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Ciccio Ingrassia: Ciccio
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Mario Maranzana
Mario Maranzana (14 July 1940 – 11 January 2012) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Background
Born in Trieste, Maranzana began his career in the theater with Vittorio Gassman in '' Oedipus Rex'' by Sophocles, then worked with, among others ...
: mayor
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Elio Crovetto: priest
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Umberto D'Orsi
Umberto D'Orsi (30 July 1929 – 31 August 1976) was an Italian character actor and comedian.
Born in Trieste, D'Orsi took a degree in law in 1953, but he was already active in theater from 1950, performing in small companies of prose and revu ...
: On. Morbilloni
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Gigi Reder
Gigi Reder (born Luigi Schroeder; 25 March 1928 – 8 October 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He was best known for the role of Filini in the ''Fantozzi'' film series.
Biography
Born in Naples in to a German father and a Neapolita ...
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Didi Perego
Didi Perego (13 April 1935 – 28 June 1993) was a statuesque Italian actress who appeared in more than 80 films and television shows. She made her film debut in 1959's '' Death of a Friend''. The same year, she starred in perhaps her best-know ...
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Enzo Andronico
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Tiberio Murgia
Tiberio Murgia (5 February 1929 – 20 August 2010) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1958 and 2009.
Biography
Born into a humble family, Murgia began working as a laborer from an early age. At the age of ...
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Ignazio Leone
Ignazio Leone (19 April 1923 – 30 December 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1952 and 1976.
Selected filmography
* '' The Walk'' (1953)
* '' I Chose Love'' (1953)
* ''Amici per la pelle'' (1955)
* '' A Wom ...
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Ugo Adinolfi
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Luca Sportelli
Luca Sportelli (11 March 1927 - 29 August 1999) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than one hundred films from 1964 to 1991.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1927 births
1999 deaths
Italian male film actors< ...
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Nino Vingelli
See also
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List of Italian films of 1971
A list of films produced in Italy in 1971 (see 1971 in film):
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External linksItalian films of 1971at the Internet Movie Database
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''Ma che musica maestro''at
Variety Distribution
Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company.
It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward.
History
Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ...
1971 films
Musicarelli
Films based on Romeo and Juliet
1970s musical comedy films
Films directed by Mariano Laurenti
1971 comedy films
1970s Italian films
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