''Pleasant Nights'' ( it, Le piacevoli notti) is a 1966 Italian
comedy film
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directed by
Armando Crispino
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[ and Luciano Lucignani][ and starring ]Vittorio Gassman
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He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions ...
and Gina Lollobrigida
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.
Plot
Three comedic tales set in the Middle Ages
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Cast
* Vittorio Gassman
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He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions ...
- Bastiano da Sangallo
* Gina Lollobrigida
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- Domicilla
* Ugo Tognazzi
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Early life
Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a travelling clerk fo ...
- Uguccione
* Adolfo Celi
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- Bernadozzo
* Eros Pagni
Eros Pagni (born 28 August 1939) is an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in La Spezia, at the age of 17, Pagni started attending the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome and then went back to Genoa and played rol ...
- Soldier
* 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 ...
- Mario di Colli
* Carmen Scarpitta
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Scarpitta was born in Hollywood, California. She debuted on stage in 1960 in Alessandro Manzoni's ''Adel ...
* Maria Grazia Buccella - Lucrezia Borgia
* Hélène Chanel
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* Luigi Vannucchi
Luigi Vannucchi (25 November 1930 – 30 August 1978) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Caltanissetta, Vannucchi graduated at Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1952 and shortly after en ...
* Magda Konopka
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In December 1967, she married Franco-Canadian billionaire Jean-Louis Dessy in Chelsea, London. They separated after three months of marriage.
She is rep ...
- Fiametta
* Omero Antonutti
Omero Antonutti (3 August 1935 – 5 November 2019) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Basiliano, in the province of Udine (in the Northeastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia), after having worked in shipyard ...
- Il Capitano
* Paolo Bonacelli
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He is best known for his performance as the Duke de Blangis in Pier Paolo Pasolini's final film, ''Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom'' (1975). He was in '' Midnight Express'' (1978) as t ...
References
External links
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1966 films
1966 comedy films
1960s Italian-language films
Films directed by Armando Crispino
Commedia all'italiana
Italian anthology films
1960s Italian films
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