''Peccato di castità'' (Italian for "Sin of chastity") is a
1956
Events
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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
Gianni Franciolini
Gianni Franciolini (1 June 1910 – 1 January 1960) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959.
Life and career
Born in Florence, in 1929 he moved to Paris to study journalism; there he came in ...
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Plot
Adventures of a young married couple during their honeymoon trip. Because of a promise, Valentina has to resort to any trick to prevent the husband to consummate the marriage. The reality is that the woman, terrified by the suffocating climate existing since the time of their engagement between the families of the couple, made in secret to herself this vote.
Cast
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Giovanna Ralli
Giovanna Ralli, (born 2 January 1935), is an Italian stage, film and television actress.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Ralli debuted as a child actress at 7; at 13 she made her theatrical debut, entering the stage company of Peppino De Filip ...
: Valentina Colasanti
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Antonio Cifariello
Antonio Cifariello (19 May 1930 – 12 December 1968) was an Italian actor and documentarist.
Life and career
Born in Naples, son of the sculptor Filippo Cifariello, Antonio started his career in 1950 as the main actor, credited as Fabio ...
: Michele Colasanti
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Franco Fabrizi
Franco Fabrizi (; 15 February 1916 – 18 October 1995) was an Italian actor.
Life and career
Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, Franco Fabrizi started his career as a model and an actor in fotoromanzi. Fabrizi also starred on several rev ...
: Peppino Maggi
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Mara Werlen: Claretta
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Alberto Talegalli
Alberto Talegalli (2 October 1913 – 10 July 1961) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 37 films between 1952 and 1961. He was born in Pincano (Spoleto), Italy and died in Gualdo Tadino, in the province of Perugia, Italy.
Life and c ...
: Carlo, Valentina's father
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Aldo Giuffrè
Aldo Giuffrè (10 April 1924 – 26 June 2010) was an Italian film actor and comedian who appeared in over 90 films between 1948 and 2001. He was born in Naples and was the brother of actor Carlo Giuffrè.
He is known for his roles in '' The F ...
: Vittorio Ricci
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: A young husband at the hotel
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Ciccio Barbi
Ciccio Barbi (19 January 1919 – 26 November 1992) was an Italian film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' The Last Wagon'' (1943) - Young Friend of Toto (uncredited)
* '' Angelina'' (1947) - (uncredited)
* ''Auguri e figli maschi!'' (1951) - ...
: Hotel porter
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Corrado Olmi
Corrado Olmi (24 October 1926 – 29 December 2020)
w ...
: Hotel manager
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Giacomo Furia
Giacomo Matteo Furia (2 January 1925 – 5 June 2015) was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1948 and 1998.
Life and career
Born in Arienzo, near Caserta, Furia started his acting career ...
: Employer of
Alitalia
Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana Società per azioni, S.p.A., operating as Alitalia (), was an Italian airline which was once the flag carrier and largest airline of Italy. The company had its head office in Fiumicino, Metropolitan City of ...
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Enzo Garinei
Enzo Garinei (4 May 1926 – 25 August 2022) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in nearly 80 films since 1949. He was also a professional voice artist, best remembered as the Italian voice of Sherman Hemsley in the American sitcom ''The Jeff ...
: Employer of Alitalia
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Miranda Campa
Miranda Campa (31 January 1914 – 7 May 1989) was a Swiss-born Italian actress and voice actress.
Life and career
Born Liliana Campa Capodaglio in Geneva, the nephew of actors Pio Campa and Wanda Capodaglio, Campa studied acting at the S ...
: Aunt
References
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1956 films
1956 comedy films
Italian comedy films
Films directed by Gianni Franciolini
Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli
Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli
1950s Italian films
Italian black-and-white films
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