''Il marito in collegio'' is a 1977 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Maurizio Lucidi Maurizio Lucidi (1932–2005) was an Italian director, screenwriter and editor, sometimes credited as Mark Lender. Born in Florence, Lucidi started his career as film editor in the early 1960s. In 1964 he was assistant director for Pier Paolo P ...

. It is based on the novel with the same name by Giovanni Guareschi.

Plot

A gas station attendant (

Enrico Montesano Enrico Montesano (born 7 June 1945) is an Italian actor and showman. Career Montesano comes from a family involved in theatre, and he made his debut in 1966 in a show named ''Humor nero'', alongside of Vittorio Metz. Later he became a very ...

) falls in love with a Lombard noblewoman ( Silvia Dionisio), who agrees to marry him just to get his uncle's inheritance.

Cast

as Camillo Proietti * Silvia Dionisio as Carlotta *

Anna Proclemer Anna Proclemer, sometimes credited Anna Vivaldi (30 May 1923 – 25 April 2013), was an Italian stage, film and television actress and voice actress. Born in Trento, Proclemer was the daughter of an engineer and a housewife. She debuted on stag ...

as Donna Leo Madellis *

Mario Carotenuto Mario Carotenuto (30 June 1916 – 14 April 1995) was an Italian actor of film and theatre. Biography Carotenuto, the son of a silent film actor and younger brother of the actor Memmo Carotenuto, took various humble jobs for many years be ...

as Casimiro Zanin * Stefania Careddu as Robinia *

Pino Caruso Giuseppe Caruso (12 October 1934 – 7 March 2019), best known as Pino Caruso, was an Italian actor, author and television personality. Life and career Caruso was born in Palermo, Sicily and debuted as dramatic stage actor in his home town in ...

as Baron Filippo Pancaldi d'Entreves * Gastone Pescucci as Giusmaria * Liana Trouché as Carlotta's mother *

Bombolo Franco Lechner, best known as Bombolo (22 May 1931 – 21 August 1987), was an Italian character actor and comedian. Life and career Born in Rome into a humble family, a former peddler of dishes, Lechner was discovered in a tavern by Franco ...

as Baron's driver

References

External links

* 1977 films Italian comedy films 1977 comedy films Films based on works by Giovannino Guareschi Films directed by Maurizio Lucidi Films scored by Armando Trovajoli 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub