''The Wild Eye'' ( it, L'occhio selvaggio) is a 1967 Italian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Paolo Cavara Paolo Cavara (4 July 1926 – 7 August 1982) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is best known for collaborating with Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco E. Prosperi on the 1962 mondo film ''Mondo Cane'', and for directing the ficti ...

. It was entered into the

5th Moscow International Film Festival The 5th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1967. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film '' The Journalist'', directed by Sergei Gerasimov and the Hungarian film ''Father'', directed by István Szabó. The fe ...

Cast

* Philippe Leroy as Paolo *

Delia Boccardo Delia Boccardo (born 29 January 1948) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born in Genoa, Boccardo spent her childhood and adolescence in Nervi, then studied at a Swiss college, at the Poggio Imperiale girls' scho ...

as Barbara Bates * Gabriele Tinti as Valentino * Giorgio Gargiullo as Rossi *

Luciana Angiolillo Luciana Angiolillo (22 December 1925 – 30 November 2014) was an Italian actress and model, known for her career in peplum classic films. Life and career Born Luciana Nevi in Rome, Angiolillo started her career as a runway model. She made he ...

as Mrs. Davis *

Lars Bloch Lars Bloch (6 August 1938 – 27 March 2022), was a Danish-Italian actor and producer, sometimes credited as ''Lars Block'' or ''Carlos Ewing''. Born in Hellerup Hellerup () is a very affluent district of Gentofte Municipality in the suburbs of ...

as John Bates *

Gianni Bongioanni Giovanni (Gianni) Bongioanni (August 6, 1921 – January 21, 2018) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, camera operator, editor, writer and occasional actor. He was one of the earliest directors to adopt an authentic, ...

as The Hunter *

Tullio Marini Tullio is a common Italian male given name of Latin origin, derived from Tullius (meaning "the one who leads"). Other forms of the name are Tulio (Spanish) and Túlio (Portuguese). It has a second meaning that is ''hill'' or ''valley of the hills'' ...

as Ruggero

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* 1967 films 1967 drama films Italian drama films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by Paolo Cavara Films about film directors and producers Films about journalists 1960s Italian films {{1960s-drama-film-stub