''Honeymoon, Italian Style'' () is a 1966 Italian-Spanish

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Mario Amendola Mario Natalino Concetto Amendola (8 December 1910 – 22 December 1993) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and dramatist. Biography Amendola was born in Recco, which is located in Genova to parents from Rome. He began his career o ...

and starring

Tony Russel Tony Russel (born Antonio Pietro Russo, and sometimes credited as Tony Russo or Tony Russell; November 23, 1925 – March 18, 2017) was an American film, stage, and television actor. He was noted for having worked extensively in the Italian film ...

Concha Velasco Concepción Velasco Varona (29 November 1939 – 2 December 2023), known professionally as Concha Velasco, also Conchita Velasco, was a Spanish actress, singer, dancer, television presenter, and theatrical producer. She received numerous accolad ...

and

Ferruccio Amendola Ferruccio Amendola (22 July 1930 – 3 September 2001) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Turin to actors Federico Amendola and Amelia Ricci and the nephew of director and screenwriter Mario Amendola, he was among Italy's m ...

.Small p.108 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Francisco Canet.

Cast

as Barone Frescobaldi *

as Rosetta de Curtis *

as Pasquale * Elio Crovetto as Funzionario al Casinò * Ana María Custodio as donna di Camilo *

Luigi De Filippo Luigi De Filippo (10 August 1930 – 31 March 2018) was an Italian actor, stage director and playwright. Born in Naples, the son of actors Peppino De Filippo and Adele Carloni, he studied literature at the university, leaving the studies on the ...

as Camilluccio *

Alberto Farnese Alberto Farnese (3 June 1926 – 2 June 1996) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows from 1951 to 1989. He starred in the film '' Whom God Forgives'', which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the ...

as Portiere dell'Hotel * Litz Kibiska as La Bionda * Anna Maestri as Pallina * Renzo Montagnani as Nicola * Antonio Ozores as Salvatore Catella * George Rigaud as Barone Luigi *

Carlo Rizzo Carlo Rizzo (30 April 1907 – 26 July 1979) was an Italian stage and film actor.Chiti & Poppi p.333 He was the brother of the actor Alfredo Rizzo. A regular in post-war Italian cinema he also featured in several American films produced in It ...

as Direttore dell'Hotel * Rosita Rizzo as Donna Carmela * Marisa Solinas as Gina * Toni Ucci as Pallino

References

Bibliography

*Small, Pauline. ''Sophia Loren: Moulding the Star''. Intellect Books, 2009.

External links

* 1966 films Italian comedy films Spanish comedy films 1966 comedy films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Amendola Films with screenplays by Mario Amendola 1960s Italian films Italian-language comedy films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub