''Silver Spoon Set'' ( it, I Delfini, also known as ''The Dauphins'') is a
1960
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and
French drama film
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directed and written by
Francesco Maselli
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Biography
Maselli graduated at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, National Film School ...
. The film stars
Claudia Cardinale
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Born and raised in La Goulette, a ...
. Shot in
Ascoli Piceno
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Cast
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Claudia Cardinale
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Born and raised in La Goulette, a ...
as Fedora Santini
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Gérard Blain
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Biography
Blain appeared in sixty films between 1944 and 2000. He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000. In 1971, he won the Golden Leopard ...
as Anselmo Foresi
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Betsy Blair
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Blair pursued a career in entertainment from the age of eight, and as a child worked as an amateur danc ...
as Countess Rita Cherè
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Anna Maria Ferrero
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Early life and career
Born Anna Maria Guerra, she changed her last name to Ferrero in honor of the composer :it:Willy Ferrero, Willy Ferrero. Her film debut came at t ...
as Marina
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Sergio Fantoni
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Biography
Fantoni was born in Rome to the actor Cesare Fantoni. He began his career appearing in films, radio dramas, television and theatrical pro ...
as Dr. Mario Corsi
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Tomas Milian
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as Alberto De Matteis
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Claudio Gora
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as Ridolfi
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Antonella Lualdi
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as Elsa Foresi
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Enzo Garinei
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as Guglielmo Bodoni
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Tina Lattanzi
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Biography
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Gallery
Censorship
When ''I Delfini'' was first released in Italy in 1960 the Committee for the Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities rated the film suitable for people 16 years and older. In order for the film to be screened publicly, the Committee recommended the removal of the scene in which Alberto and Fedora are kissing each other in bed because the kiss was considered excessively lustful. The reason for the age restriction, cited in the official documents, is that the subject and the scenes of the movie are considered inappropriate to
the sensitivity of a minor. The official document number is: 32912, it was signed on 20 September 1960 by Minister Renzo Helfer
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* Database of the documents produced by th
Committee for the Theatrical Review of The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities from 1944 to 2000.
1960 films
Italian drama films
French drama films
1960s Italian-language films
1960s French-language films
1960 drama films
Films directed by Francesco Maselli
Films scored by Giovanni Fusco
Lux Film films
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