''Beautiful Families'' ( it, Le belle famiglie) is a 1964 Italian

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directed by

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and starring

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Plot

The film's theme is four episodes in which it is offered to the public a glimpse into the lives of rich and poor families of Italy in the Sixties. In the episode of Toto, the actor plays an old sick man who is assisted by his wife lovingly. This, however, has a relationship with the doctor of her husband. When both men, however, they discover that the woman betrays them with a third man, pretending to be seriously ill so that they do "assist" from wealthy woman.

Cast

- Maria (segment "Il principe azzurro") *

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- (segment "Il principe azzurro") * Oreste Palella - (segment "Il principe azzurro") * Maria Grazia Spadaro - (segment "Il principe azzurro") *

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- (segment "Il principe azzurro") * Susy Andersen - Carla (segment "Il bastardo della regina madre") (as Suzy Andersen) *

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- Uberto (segment "Il bastardo della regina madre") * Hanil Ranieri - (segment "Il bastardo della regina madre") *

Totò Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi de Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il Principe della risata ...

- Filiberto Comanducci (segment "Amare è un po' morire") * Sandra Milo - Esmeralda (segment "Amare è un po' morire") *

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- Il marchese Osvaldo (segment "Amare è un po' morire") *

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- Professore Della Porta (segment "Amare è un po' morire") *

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- Luigi (segment "La cernia") *

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- Trude Muller (segment "La cernia") *

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- Muller (segment "La cernia") * Maria Grazia Bon - Camilla (segment "La cernia")

References

External links

* 1964 films French comedy films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by Ugo Gregoretti Films scored by Armando Trovajoli 1964 comedy films Italian comedy films 1960s Italian films 1960s French films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub