''Oh, Serafina!'' is a

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

Italian

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

film directed by

Alberto Lattuada Alberto Lattuada (; 13 November 1914 – 3 July 2005) was an Italian film director. Career Lattuada was born in Vaprio d'Adda, the son of composer Felice Lattuada. He was initially interested in literature, becoming, while still a student, a mem ...

. It is strictly based on the novel with the same name by

Giuseppe Berto Giuseppe Berto (27 December 1914 – 1 November 1978) was an Italian writer and screenwriter. He is mostly known for his novels ''Il cielo è rosso'' (''The Sky Is Red'') and ''Il male oscuro''. He was a prisoner at Camp Hereford from 194 ...

. For this film Fred Bongusto was awarded with a Nastro d'Argento for Best Score.

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Renato Pozzetto Renato Pozzetto (born 14 July 1940) is an Italian actor, director, comedian, and singer. Biography Pozzetto was born into a working-class family from Milan and grew up in the town of Gemonio (in the Province of Varese). After graduation, he made ...

: Augusto Valle *

Dalila Di Lazzaro Dalila Di Lazzaro (born 29 January 1953) is an Italian model, actress and writer. Life and career Born in Udine, Di Lazzaro started as a fashion model and was the subject of famous photographers such as Andy Warhol. She then gained attention i ...

: Serafina * Angelica Ippolito: Palmira Radice, moglie di Augusto *

Marisa Merlini Marisa Merlini (6 August 1923 – 27 July 2008) was an Italian character actress active in Italy's post-World War II cinema. Merlini appeared in over fifty films during her career, which spanned from World War II to 2005. In Luigi Comencini's 1953 ...

: mamma di Augusto *Gino Bramieri: Il sindaco *Aldo Giuffrè: Professor Caroniti *Fausto Tozzi: Carlo Vigeva *Enrico Beruschi: Impiegato anagrafe *Lilla Brignone: Segretaria della ditta Valle *Howard Ross (actor), Howard Ross: Romeo Radice *Brizio Montinaro: Rag.Cusetti *Gianni Magni: Tommaso *Ettore Manni: padre di Serafina *

: Medico del manicomio *Daniele Vargas: Assessore Buglio *Maria Monti

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* 1976 films Commedia all'italiana Films directed by Alberto Lattuada Italian comedy-drama films Films scored by Fred Bongusto 1970s Italian films Films based on works by Giuseppe Berto {{comedy-drama-film-stub

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