''Amori pericolosi'' is a 1964

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film consisting of three segments directed by

Alfredo Giannetti Alfredo Giannetti (1924–1995) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1962 for his work in ''Divorce Italian Style''. Selected filmography * ''The Railroad Man'' (1956) * ''A Man ...

Carlo Lizzani Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Biography Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...

and

Giulio Questi Giulio Questi (18 March 1924 – 3 December 2014) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.Marco Giusti, Dizionario dei film italiani stracult, Roma, Frassinelli, 2004. Questi was born in Bergamo. He wrote short stories and filmed se ...

Cast

; Il generale *

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: The General *

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: The lover of the General *

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;La ronda * Frank Wolff: The husband *

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: The prostitute *

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;Il passo * Frank Wolff: The husband * Juliette Mayniel: The wife *

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: The maid *

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: The legionary *

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: The attendant *

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: The servant

Production

Director

was a last minute addition as a director for ''Amori pericolosi''. Questi recalled that Peppino Amato and Moris Ergas were both the initial producers for the film and that Amato died which led to Ergas taking over as the producer. The film was shot in 1961 and only released later in 1964.

Release

''Amori pericolosi'' was distributed theatrically in Italy by

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on 14 August 1964. The film grossed a total of 48,300,000

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. Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described the films box office presence in Italy as being "passed unnoticed".

Reception

According to Curti, critics did not like ''Amori pericolosi'', especially "Il passo" directed by

, with critic Alberto Abruzzese finding it conveying "an old and decrepit theme with a formal refinement that was between mannered decadence and a misunderstood naturalism."

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* 1964 films Italian comedy films French comedy films Films directed by Carlo Lizzani Films directed by Alfredo Giannetti Italian anthology films Films directed by Giulio Questi 1964 comedy films French anthology films Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli 1960s Italian films 1960s French films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub