''Gegè Bellavita'' is a 1978 Italian
commedia all'italiana
Commedia all'italiana (, pl. Commedie all'italiana, "Comedy in the Italian way") or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre born in Italy in the 1950s and developed in the 1960s and 1970s. It is widely considered to have started with Ma ...
film directed by
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Pasquale Festa Campanile (28 July 1927 – 25 February 1986) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist, best known as a prominent exponent of the commedia all'italiana genre.
Life and career
Born at Melfi, in the province o ...
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Cast
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Flavio Bucci
Flavio Bucci (25 May 1947 – 18 February 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film producer.
Biography
Born in Turin, Bucci began appearing in film and television in 1971, making his debut appearance in the film '' The Working Class ...
as Gennarino Amato
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Lina Polito
Lina Polito (born 24 August 1954) is an Italian actress.
Born in Naples, Polito started her career on stage with Eduardo De Filippo. She made her film debut in 1973, with Lina Wertmüller's '' Love and Anarchy'', and for this performance she w ...
as Agatina
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Enzo Cannavale as Gennarino's Friend
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Marisa Laurito
Marisa Laurito (born 19 April 1951) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality.
Life and career
Born in Naples, Laurito debuted at a very young age entering the stage company of Eduardo De Filippo.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, ''En ...
as Carmen
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Pino Caruso as Duke Attanasi
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Maria Pia Conte
Maria Pia Conte (born 10 March 1944) is an Italian former actress.
Life and career
Born Maria Pia Vaccarezza in Genoa, the daughter of a carpenter, Conte spent her youth in Sestri Levante before moving to Genoa to study classical ballet. After ...
as Mercedes
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Miranda Martino
Miranda Martino (born 29 October 1933) is an Italian singer and actress.
Life and career
Born in Moggio Udinese from Neapolitan parents, Martino started her career as singer in 1956. In 1957, she debuted at the Festival di Napoli and in 195 ...
as Rosa
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Marina Hedman as Chantal, Attanasi's wife
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Maria Baxa as Signora Sciscioni
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1978 films
Italian comedy films
1978 comedy films
Films directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
Films scored by Riz Ortolani
1970s Italian films
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